costumes, Costumes, COSTUMUES!!!

Costumes are crazy fun. Good idea to head to (insert big box store here) around mid-October and gobble up three or four costumes for the kiddies, if anything's left. They usually mark them down 30%, then 50%, then more as it gets closer to Halloween. My boys can run around in whatever silly/funny/goofy costume they happen to think of and are content most of the day. They each probably have three or four at least that still fit, and counting. Easy fun. And not just for that one day of the year.

Where the Wild Things Are

We've read this several times lately. Must be on our minds a lot the past month. My boys are pretty excited about the movie. Not nearly as excited as I am about the movie. Such a short, simple, subtle and beautful book. Sendak, Spike Jonze, Dave Eggars - it's almost as if it's too good to be great. Or something like that.

Punishment

Punishment sucks. No fun for the parent, nor the child. Some parents may spank their kids for discipline. Not in my house. I just don't think it's necessary. It's never necessary to hit a child. Call it spanking, it's still hitting a child. Time outs, taking away privileges - those things are just no fun at all. But it's important as parents to stick with the punishment, when your heart might say that he's learned his lesson, let's just forget the punishment. Can't do that. That harms a child much more. Punishing the kids just is not fun, but it's gotta be done from time to time.