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A Year of No Yelling Day 17 Featuring Skywalker Gibbons AKA Star Wars Monkeys...

Some success today!I had a bit more energy today although my mind is still enshrouded in fog. I've had a tickle in the back of my throat for the last week. I'm hoping I'll fight off whatever it is...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 18 Featuring a Three Year Old Reminding an Adult to...

I'm sleeping in a different room while Drek sleep trains Tabs. Last night I slept well except for the tickle in the back of my throat; it kept waking me up. I'm hoping it doesn't get worse.Today went...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 19 Featuring a Theory About a Pendulum Effect

An interesting observation: despite my failings, I do yell less. My children, however, now yell more.I was told before starting this experiment that my children might become more sensitive. It was...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 20 - Featuring Verbal Abuse and Outdoor Screaming

The tickle in my throat has moved down into my chest. What is this? A chest cold? I hope it's not pneumonia again.Today I was tired and cranky. A storm hit and it rained buckets all day. I just wanted...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 21 Featuring Our Local Women's March

Yeah, this is pneumonia.But who has time for recovery? Drek took the kids this morning while I got in an morning nap. As soon as they came home I dressed the girls as warmly as I could and we all...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 22 Featuring Shoes

Today I am recovering from my sickness. I felt better today but wanted to rest. I spent all day in my pajamas. I realize that because this blog is about me yelling I'm only sharing negative experiences...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 23 Featuring the All Knowing Glenda The Good Witch...

I had a great start to the day. I woke up after sleeping all night (!) and had energy. I'm almost recovered from my sickness. I can face the day!I started out by announcing aloud today would be...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 24 Featuring Baby Poop

I was successful today! No yelling and I spent some quality time with each of my wonderful kids.Tabs is just starting out with potty training and today we had a poopy accident. I took her to the tub...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 25 Featuring Lunar New Year, Lion Dancers, and...

I made it another day without yelling, but I did lose a child today.We went to a Lunar New Year celebration at a library. It was an awesome event that ended in the Chinese New Year Lions coming in and...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 26 Featuring Bendable Cards and Snap Reactions

After picking up Ash from school today I took all three girls grocery shopping. In anticipation of this always stressful event (kids and grocery shopping do not mix well) I gave myself a pep-talks and...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 27 Featuring a Girl Scout trip, a Grocery Shopping...

I'm considering today one giant leap forward.First off, it was a stressful day from sunrise to well after sunset. A lot needed to get done and the schedule was packed.Second, I had children coming out...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 28 Featuring Some Eerie Foreshadowing

Some days you just can't yell, so you laugh instead.I'm running on little sleep and frustration that my no-sugar efforts have thus far gone unrewarded. Where is my mental clarity? Where is my extra...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 29 Featuring Questions

My kids are really great kids. They are creative, intelligent, funny and endlessly entertaining. They all love to learn and want to experience life to the fullest. I am so grateful for them and the joy...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 30 Featuring Sleeping Myths and Relationships

Tabs is seventeen months old today.I think "children sleeping through the night" is a myth. Does ANYONE have children that sleep through the night every night?  Sometimes we might go a few days 2/3 of...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 31 Featuring Hair Bands, Looking for the Good, and...

Another day with no yelling! I think I am improving!I read about the rubber band method of parenting and today I wore several hair bands on my wrist. I looked for Alexis and Ash doing good. Whenever I...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 32 Featuring Progress, Girl Scout Cookies, and...

Today is one month since I started the No Yelling Challenge. It's also been one month since I went off sugar (despite a few slip-ups).I'm feeling good about the No Yelling Challenge. I feel I've made...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 33 Featuring Exercise, Sunshine, and Social...

In an attempt to gain more energy and mental clarity, I'm going to move on from nutrition and add exercise. After Ash was born I trained for a half marathon and discovered a love of running. I love to...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 34 Featuring Regret, Reactions, and Realizations.

Yesterday was a really busy day. I didn't have time to make dinner yesterday so we ate pizza for dinner.Today I realized that although I don't have the mental clarity and energy I had in November, not...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 35 Featuring Safety Clauses

Today Alexa ran in front of me and into the parking lot. I yelled her name to get her to stop. I think that falls under the "Yelling in life threatening situations" clause. Her life wasn't in danger,...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 36 Featuring an Overabundance of Coins

I was irritable today. I tried to keep my temper in check, but there were a few times today when I said snapped back when I should have been kind and understanding.As we were getting the kids ready for...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 37 Featuring Conquering by Love and Children's True...

Today I listened to to a talk by Elder Lynn G Robbins called The Righteous Judge. He talks a lot about parenting and gives some absolute gems of advice.  He says:To discipline in the Lord’s way is to...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 38 Featuring a Well-Traveled Penny

It was raining today so we skipped our walk outside. It's a good thing we did: After Drek got off to work and Ash got off to school Alexa announced dhe had to go poo-poo,I wonder if you told teenagers...

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A Year of No Yelling Day 39 Featuring Edible Mancala Stones

Working out in the morning is really working for us. I get out of the house and interact with adults and get the benefit of a workout, while the girls get outside time, friends, and some gross motor...

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Hanging With Their Creature Friends Get Ready, It's the Hour We're Gonna See...

Hallelujah wanted a Wild Kratts birthday party this year. I think I delivered. Decorations were all off Amazon: We made a ZackBot Piñata:and I made Creature Power Suits and Creature Power Discs for all...

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If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.

Hosanna is turning 9. Her favorite books right now are Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. So, of course, for her 9th birthday we sent her off to Camp Half Blood. Or rather, she...

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