Our school day is really short. I have to fill in the gaps quite a bit or there would be non stop fighting. Most days, we have activities outside of the house or I have errands here and there. But, there are some days, I just need to get stuff done at the house. Today we were homebound and 20 minutes after our last lesson, I could see the tension building. Before I knew it, I had Annie crying at my feet because the other two were being, “mean at her.” In an effort to get them happily playing together, I brought out some linens and threw them over the bunk beds. I thought I would just let them hang out in the fort, but that idea quickly fizzled. Then, I remembered I had bought some puppets around Christmas time. I put them away for a day just like this.
I popped some popcorn and they took turns putting on shows for about an hour.
Of course, when it was all over. They were bored and fighting again.