Yesterday was Grandparents Day at the Plainfield Kindergarten Center. The Heffelman grandparents were to pick up the children from day care, and I was to meet them at the school. That whole occasion went well. Mr. Pickard (teacher) reports that Robin is "very quiet" at school. (Huh?? This is the kid who tells her life story to strangers on the street!) Anyway, after that event, I took the children to Burger King, and Meg met us there. There was an eventual Ryan melt-down, but everyone finally got to bed.
Today, with the windy temps well into the 70s, the children headed straight for their bikes when we got home. With the sprinkler incident still fresh in everyone's mind, I figured that we wouldn't have any incidents of that nature. Au contraire!! After supper, Meg went down for a mini-nap while I watched the kids. At one point, I found Ryan standing directly in front of the neighbor's front door. I ordered him out. He said he was looking at the man's shoes...the ones he had soaked with the sprinkler earlier. I found the children, in the next incident, in the OTHER neighbor's yard, behind my privacy fence. (Robin said, "I forgot.") The third incident had Ryan kneeling in someone's yard quite a distance away, looking at a rock. I'm thinking that there has to be a better way! As the weather continues to improve, we have to make our own yard more attractive so they won't be so tempted to break the rules!
My yard really looks bad. I need to seed or something. The impending garage remodel project eclipses everything, at this point. Need to get that garage cleaned out! Will work on that again tomorrow...
Ciao, my friends. Keep on praying!
Perhaps tell the kids it's rude behavior to walk into a neighbors yard without an invite. Tell them where thier boundaries are, if they cross them...they will lose time on their bikes and outside. They definitely seem curious to say the least. (Hugs) Indigo
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