Raising Boys Who Test Limits and Give Flowers

Below is a guest post by Brandy, my bestfriend that blogs at Happily Blended.

I am the mother of three children; a girl who is 8 years old, a boy who is 4 years old and another boy who is 2 years old. Having two young boys in the house has always created a sense of reluctancy in me when it comes to decorating my home. You see, I long to have a glass top dining table because it’s pretty and I believe it would add a bit of positive energy to my dining room. The problem with a glass dining table is that I would spend my days trying to keep my boys from standing on it while watching the other one through the glass from underneath.

There is never a dull moment in a household with two boys so close in age! My sons are constantly testing limits and boundaries, not only with rules, but with their own bodies and attempting to find out how far one can go before feeling any pain. Since my sons are often getting timeouts due to their boundary testing I have been looking around for a good “time out” chair. As requested by my counselor I should get a chair for time out instead of simply having the boys stand to serve their time. I love the idea of an accent chair for time outs. I fully believe an accent chair would give me more authority and possibly get the boys to stay in a time out better than the traditional “stand in the corner” technique. Not to mention an accent chair is just cute and could serve a purpose late in life when time outs are no longer necessary.

My sons have also masted the act of apology, they are often going outback and picking me my favorite wild flower, or what some may call a weed … the black eyed susan! I love these flowers, so pretty yellow-orange with a nice dark center. The boys know how to win my heart after a foolish day of time outs, silly jokes and testing of limits, now if I only I had some glass vases to put these wild flower bouquets in.

This post was written by Brandy Tanner. Brandy is a work at home NH mom blogger of three children who loves to smile, laugh and love. Brandy writes daily at Happily Blended and can be found on Twitter daily as @brandyellen