Long Time, No Post

Pardon my lack of posts over the past couple weeks....it's just that there hasn't been much to post about! Life in the Tenney household has been pretty status quo. Patrick and I have been working, as normal, and not traveling for work (NOT normal). Our munchkin has been enjoying the last few weeks of summer before preschool starts Aug 30th. We've had a few yard sales, done some cleaning, and Patrick has been trying to squeeze in a golf game or two.

We are anxiously waiting for football season. Our Fantasy Football drafts (yes, more than one!) begin in about 8 days and the first WVU football game is September 4th (T-minus 14 days and counting). Football tickets arrived this past week, and I have managed to sell most of the extra tickets we have. Morgan has a new tailgating chair, and I am hopeful Patrick will buy us a couple as well :)

It's been busy, but no exciting news to report. So I'll leave you with a few pictures of what Morgan's been up to the month of August!

Enjoying the rain with Aunt Amy and Julia

Running in the rain

Ice cream with Julia (my two favorite gals)

Bouncing around with her boyfriend, Coen

Flying HIGH at CTA High Fliers (and Sophia's Birthday Party)

Discount Shopping Online

If you are a discount shopper, like me, your next stop needs to be Ebates! Ebates is an online discount site that can get you up to 26% cash back every time you shop online. There are over 1000 stores you can visit, including e-bay, Macy's, JC Penneys, Nordstroms, WalMart, Kohls, Home Depot, and Overstock.com. You can also get additional savings with coupons, free shipping offers, and limited-time sales.

If you follow the link to Ebates, it also helps me out. I get credited every time you link to Ebates through my site. When you sign up we both get $5 credited to our account. And if I can get enough people to make a purchase of $20 or more through Ebates, I could win an iPad (that would be for Patrick since he has mentioned that he would like one and I am really in no need for it myself, but would LOVE to give it to him for Christmas!).

So head on over to Ebates and see what you can find at a discounted price! If you aren't in the mood now, there is a link in my left hand sidebar to Ebates, so you can always come back later.

Happy Shopping! I know I will enjoy it myself :)

Sigh

It's been a rough parenting night...setbacks in many areas have been endured with lots of tears, mainly (but not all) from Morgan. Life with a very independent four year old keeps me on my toes for sure. I have found that over the past few weeks we have been trying to teach some very difficult life lessons like telling the truth, following directions (even when you really suspected that it would be too tempting to do just the opposite of what you asked), and respect of other's property. I am finding that I am having a tough time trying to figure out the best way to get these concepts across. Of course, there are a lot of adults that don't get them either! Add to this the question "Why?" asked about a million times in an hour and you will get one frazzled mom.

So, experienced moms, what's a girl to do? I am especially struggling with truth vs. lying. Morgan just doesn't seem to get it. Of course, I don't expect her to get it right away. I have tried explaining that she needs to tell what really happened but that isn't working. I've been repeating my question, even sometimes explaining (when circumstances are such) that I won't get mad. I know she's only lying for self preservation (i.e. I didn't do it) but I want to stop it before it gets into a habit for her. And I know she understands because tonight AFTER she got into trouble, she started telling all the truths that she had fibbed about earlier in the evening. She's also started playing Patrick and me off each other (well Daddy said...) which has NOT been working, but again I don't want her to ever think this is acceptable. I'm really at a loss.

The house is quiet now. It breaks my heart that she went to bed sobbing. She's very tender-hearted. However, I had to follow through with what I said, which meant no TV, no snacks, and straight to bed after dinner. So here's hoping that everyone gets a refreshing night's sleep and we have a better day tomorrow.