2 naughty hands + 1 sassy mouth = my daughter

I've tried to teach Kenzie that hitting is not appropriate, but when it comes to her brother, I guess she just can't help herself! She is constantly swinging her little arms at him when she's mad, and even at me a few times when I'm taking her to time-out. So... I've invented the "hands together" rule. If McKenzie's hands can't be nice, then they don't get to play, and they have to be held together like this..... (while she's in time-out). She holds them together rather well when I tell her too, because I guess she's realized it's better than ME holding them together for her. After her hands have decided to be nice again, she has to show me how soft and nice they can be. She hugs me or Carson, and rubs our cheeks with her "nice hands" to convince us they are ready to play again.

So, this brought on another idea. She has, and always has had, a very sassy mouth. "No!" "Don't do that!" and "Leave me alone!" are some of her favorite phrases. I have now decided that if she doesn't have nice words, then she doesn't get to talk. I make her hold her lips together until she decides she can use nice words again. We'll see how it goes!

Sometimes they are both so naughty, but they really are good, sweet kids too. All kids have their good AND bad moments, I guess! Here's a few pictures I took this morning of the "best friends".

They really play so well together most of the time, and it's nice that I actually have a chance to get some stuff done while they are entertaining eachother!

I came out from cleaning the bathroom this morning to check on them, eating their mid-morning snack, and this is how I found them sitting on the couch. Pretty cozy, huh?