Be a duck

There is a lot of noise in a home with five kids..........and 2 loud parents. I don't think one day has gone by when there hasn't been some type of yelling or fighting. I am sure we are not the only family. We have one particular child that does a LOT of screaming. The screaming is due to the siblings bothering this child but still we have been doing a lot of talking and explaining to this child that they do NOT have to scream and when they do scream it just makes the siblings tease more and get exactly what they wanted.....a reaction.

So Don decided to try something new. He told this child to be a duck. We all know that it would produce a strange look of confusion but it helped once we explained how a duck in water doesn't get wet and that the oil makes the water just slide right off..............slide right off......just let it go. Sometimes we have to just let things slide and let some things go.

SO the kids had a lot of fun going around the house saying.....be a duck. That lasted for a few weeks. This was a couple of months ago. WE haven't heard them say it for awhile now.

So fast forward to this morning. At the breakfast table we were all sitting around eating our biscuits and gravy. Then this particular child started whining and complaining about something.
Mayah quickly said: BE A DUCK. :)

And no the screaming child is not her. But she sure does her fair share of stubborness in our family. She sure is growing up. I can't believe my youngest will be five in a few months. Old.....I tell ya....I'm getting old. :)