Egbert dinner time rules

Back in the fall, we came up with some dinner time rules. Dinner time is my least favorite time of the day. Rob is usually gone, the boys are tired, I'm tired, we are all hungry, etc.  I would sit down at the dinner table bracing myself. Seriously. Filled with stress and anxiety and about to snap even before dinner would begin. I asked my parents for advice and they told me to come up with some rules. Kids need rules, duh! They also told me to quit it with the "three chances" thing because you are just telling kids that they have three times to break the rules before you actually mean it. I must say, that their advice has worked wonders in our house. My boys really like having the rules (I'm not kidding!), they have them all memorized, recite them each time we sit down, and never fail to tell company if they are breaking any of the rules ;)

Anyway, thought I'd post the rules up here on the blog. #9 is "no standing on the table". We had to add that one in a bit later ...