Parenting success

One of the first things I saw this morning was a parenting failure on social media. Usually, parenting failures are funny, which is why people share them with the world. However, I've noticed that not a lot of people will post their parenting successes. Maybe its for fear of seeming like a braggart, but I think if we don't look for the good things we drown in the failure. Plus this is my blog, I can brag about my parenting prowess.

Happy babies make
for success.

These are my parenting successes in the last 24 hours:

1. My 4-year old wanted his Halloween candy for breakfast, but when I said no he settled for organizing the candy. He made piles of the same candy and asked me for little baggies to put the organized candy.

2. My 3-year old didn't hit anyone with his sword while trick o treating. He didn't even hit his brother.

3. After trick o treating the boys settled for one piece of candy after supper along with a homemade brownie that they made with Grandma.

4. The boys wrestled in the living room while the adults tried to get supper on the table. Supper was late after trick o treating.

5. Breakfast wasn't spilt on the table, even with my 3-year old's sword next to his cereal.

6. My 3-year old let his brother hold his sword while he finished getting ready for preschool.

The boys helping Grandma
make brownies.

7. My 4-year old explained that there wasn't time to have the Halloween party at preschool, but they still had fun anyway. Although, he came home with treats and he wore his costume, so I'm not sure why he thinks it wasn't a party.

8. The boys were up at 5:30am and asked to read books in our bed. We read with the flashlight on my phone until the alarm went off.

9. No one was injured.

10. No one had any meltdowns, including the adults.

I can't take all the credit for these successes. My husband had a lot to do with it, so I guess these are his successes too. Also, my mother-in-law is helping us out a couple of days while I substitute teach.

Many of these successes involve candy and that sword, but that has been our world the last 24 hours. My next parenting strategy is to eat all their candy and hide that sword.