Time to dust off the Peace Bean jar for summer...

From the moment that my boys 

open in their eyes in the morning,

they start clobbering each other.

In an effort to promote peace

and sanity during these  long summer days,

I made two peace jars for the boys.

If I see them acting kind to one another

or being peaceful toward me by obeying,

I just grab a red bean from my bean bowl

and drop a peace bean into their jar.

One rule is that they are

allowed to point out to me 

that they deserve a bean if I didn't notice.

This means that they often

set themselves up to get along 

and then yell to me from across the house.

I hear them say things like...

"Mom, I just didn't hit Koen back!"

or "Hey mom, I shared my toy with Griffin!"

As the beans stack up

 they can earn privileges and prizes.

Guess what?

It's totally working!

We've had a great start to our summer.

If I hear them arguing 

I just remind them about their peace jar

and they simmer down pretty quickly.

I lurve Peace Beans!!