Parenting woes

My dedication to parenting patience took a blow this week with 3 days of solo-ing.
Day 1: Terrible
Day 2: Perfect
Day 3: Terrible so far.

Not entirely sure what to do about it, if it's a systemic problem I don't know why.  It just seems like Peanut #1 has to have a tantrum in the mornings no matter what we do.

I"m going to try not pushing for breakfast.  I try and get them downstairs and into the chairs to eat first thing, and maybe that's a bad plan.  Maybe I'll try a more... cuddly approach?

My sister also suggests letting her pick her own clothes for the next day, which is a pretty good idea too.., ah well, food for thunks

So impatient

I am working on increasing my patience.  It's hard!

I foudn a good series of pieces of advice, and the most valuable two are:

1) Anger is biologically addictive.  That's good to know!

2) Self-talk, and talking through the problem, totally work.
So basically I sound like this guy all the time:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPN4XjrwD78

Stuff what I do with my kids.

You know what, I am pretty good at this. In the last 12 months my kids have been to the following places. Most of them with such regularity that they know where the cookies are.
1. Art Gallery
2. Airplane Museum
3. Train Museum
4. Zoo
5. Arboretum
6. Wildlife Centre
7. Big Seat of Government Place.

8. edit: Also the Airshow

And it doesn't feel awesome; it feels like routine. I like that.

Fighting in the land of trust.

It is so nice to be able to say, "hey, I need to pick a fight with the Project Manager" and know that it will just be ONE FIGHT, not a week of terror.

"Let's have a fight about _______"



It's super nice, and it takes a lot of trust to do it, because it's hard to think that the grumpiness of the fight will actually go away, but it does.  It really does vanish away.