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Yesterday morning, it was Ryan's day (yes we have rules about that) to get in the car first but Scott got outside first.  Greg and I walked out the door together to see Ryan whacking Scott vigorously on the head trying to get him to get down out of the van door so that Ryan could get in first.  They were talked to on the way to the bus about this bad behavior-though Greg and I did have to laugh at Ryan's tenacity for what he wanted.  Sometimes the younger has to be cheered for-though we didn't tell him! 

So we had another conversation about this last night and reminded them of Jesus saying "the first shall be last and the last shall be first" and that what is important to Jesus may not be what is most important to people.  We talked about being polite and considerate and using good manners, being gentlemen-all things that we have talked about several times before.  The new twist is now they get a point every time they offer to let someone else go first!  And the one with the most points at the end of the day is rewarded somehow.  So Ryan offered to let Scott get in the car first this morning.  They both got a point for offering to let the other get out first at the bus stop and Scott offered to let Ryan get on the bus first so as it stands now-both boys have 2 points.  We said this could also be great to use with who goes first in a game or who gets to hug Daddy first when he gets home-yet another thing argued about at our house or who gets to scan their tag first at church on Sunday.  We also challenged them to look for opportunities to let someone else go first at school.

I will try to remember to update later on how things are going and if it is a good solution!

Ashley and her class are going on a field trip to a bee farm on Friday so they have been talking about bees in their class.  She told me yesterday that there were different kinds of bees-the queen and the worker bees and she thought maybe a "King bee."  I tried not to laugh too hard when she said that and told her that she should ask her teacher about that today :)