Lessons

  I have had an epiphony .  This shall come as no surprise to those who know us well. We suck at disciplining. Discipline is a necessary and important feature in rearing children. It molds screaming selfs centered babies into productive self sufficient members of society. It's clearly plays a prominent roll in parenting.

   These are my tactics. If you try to murder each other no gelato for a week!!! And I mean it!!! Umm if they are dead, they won't taste the gelato anyhow.

   Then there's the reasoning. This is how I read its supost to be done. I calmly and kindly try to rationalize the irrational feelings and temperaments of three raging hormonal maniacs. I give it my best , my words are like a thin napkin of garbage that float away silently in a violent wind. 

   At one point I recommended jim pull over the car and punch them all in the face. Now this one is original atleast. I've never had this recommended in the parenting books I've read ,but hey perhaps this is the ticket , this will actually solve all the disciplining dilemmas. Just a quick punch in the face and it will scare them silly and they will be quiet , sophisticated decent little men from here on out. I'll write about in a book, sell a million copies and retire in italy drinking wine on my vineyard . When I fervently voiced this plan on one of our road trips, they all burst out in laughter instead of the dreadful fear I hoped to invoke. 

   Basically I am full of empty threats.

  My epiphony is that .... Dadada.... None if it works, and yet still they are amazing kind ,   Yes LOUD little humans. I am terrible at administering discipline but with that said, still they are still awesome little guys.