Peace treaty under negotiation

The first major battle of the day was fairly early on.

Thomas and Megan have a new PC game, which took far longer than is humane or decent to install. It was however, thanks to a brilliant Daddy-man, ready to go this morning.

About twenty minutes later it was switched off again, as Thomas had blown a fuse in frustration and was grounded in his bedroom.

Around the same time (unfortunately) Megan was asked to go up and tidy her room, as the early morning game the two had been playing upstairs had left her room looking like a hurricane of the highest magnitude (do hurricanes have magnitude, or is that earthquakes??) had hit it, and then come back around for a second go!!

Needless to say, she wasn't happy that she was the one who had to tidy, and Thomas, still in a bad-mood after being sent off the computer, was in no humour to help her. The battle was brief but bloody (well, there wasn't really any blood, but it sounds good!).

I stepped in as peacemaker... ie I grounded them both!!!

It was round about lunch time that I realised that peace talks had begun, without any outside intervention. A rota was being negotiated, peacefully, as regards future use of the aforementioned PC game. Now, granted, the rota does allow use of the computer, basically, every minute of the day they are not at school, and literally all day Saturday and Sunday, but the thought process was there, and they were working it out together!

So, I am grateful for the seeds of peace and friendship that were watered today.

And maybe, just maybe, I should try to stay out of the way and let them sort things out for themselves more often!!

Gratefully yours.
xx