I found more for me!

We spent more money this year than ever before. I’m a little embarrassed about it. BUT I remind myself that throughout the year my kids buy most of their own “wants”. Obviously we do the needs (clothes and that kind of stuff) but the rest they do themselves. So screw it...why not spend the $$ we’re saving to make the present giving days memorable. Cant take it with you and all. And they are really good kids. My daughter was recently asked how she is “punished” and she responded “I don’t know. I haven’t been in trouble since sitting on the stairs in time out”. She’s like the perfect kid...well she’s getting a little mouthy but she IS 13. I actually remember the day I put her on the stairs. It was just before I went to the hospital the first time. They had been bickering for like a week and suddenly my daughter had enough and went right for him. I put both of them on their staircases. They were 9 and 6 [emoji1787] little old for time out but that was pretty much the most aggressive punishment I had in my arsenal. This was before I could simply shut off their phones and WiFi.