Patience and Silk Chinese Pajamas

A certain young man, who will remain nameless in this post, was naughty today.

In a last bid to make mama happy before lights out, he put on his authentic silk China costume as jammies. The same costume he had pronounced as "ugh!" while in China and which I had to bribe him to wear back in March.

As we drifted off to sleep, he also remembered to say, "Congratulations, Mom! Thank you for being very patient today."

(I struggle with patience on days like these and have asked him to congratulate me whenever he thinks I have done a great job of being patient. We try to actively practice the habit of catching ourselves doing what is right, instead of pointing out our mistakes.) 

The best thing about homeschooling is that my son and I can learn from each other. He learns his math and I get to practice my patience. We both learn to build our character.