today was just what i needed. a little rest and a lot of productivity. i've been in such a funk all week, and i've had a hard time motivating myself to do much of anything around the house. today i finally dug into the huge mess in brooke's room. it took me all afternoon, but i finally have it cleaned and super organized. now there's no excuse for brooke to have a messy room :) as added incentive i hung up her responsibility chart so we can restart that as an incentive for good behavior. i've decided i'll get one for gavin, too, and see how it goes. after i hung it up in brooke's bathroom, she looked at one of the "responsibilites" that we don't have in use and said, "hey, we don't have a pet!" the responsibility said "take care of pet." i got a huge smile on my face and pointed out to brooke that she read the word "pet" on the board. so ironic that that was her first "sight" word (other than our names) given we don't have a pet, and brooke really doesn't like animals. go figure. i was so proud of her though. we were also very proud of brooke and gavin for trying indian food for the first time tonight. i'm embarrassed to admit that kevin and i have not had indian food in at least 3 years! so tonight we introduced it to our family for the first time, and brooke was a great sport about it even though all the food had a lot of kick to it. gavin was a little reluctant but still tried everything on his plate, although the rice was the only clear winner in gavin's opinion.
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