Self-control

Today I was comparing the Boy Scout Law with the Fruits of the Spirit with the boys. They're learning the scout law because in one year they will graduate from cub scouts and become boy scouts. Part of this transition is learning the Boy Scout Law. The scout law is not the same as the fruits of the spirit but I thought it would be interesting to compare the similarities. We came to Self-Control. Colin said that's a very hard one. I was glad that he seemed to acknowledge that self-control is hard for him. He does well at home but in busy or large group situations Colin seems to find self-control a lot harder. He seems to feed off the energy in groups and gets very ADHD-ish. I mentioned that I think he is getting better at self-control as he gets older. I thought to myself that he must be maturing to realize he has difficulty in this area. He thought about this for a moment and then said very seriously "yes that Tristan he really needs to work on self-control it's hard for little kids". ROFLOL, Colin thinks he is fine but his little brother needs some work. He after all is a big mature kid and is doing just fine! Let's just say our discussion didn't stop there. It was hard not to laugh and to make a serious point right then!

Boy silliness when winter starts to get old: Tristan and Colin were playing hide and seek today. I suddenly noticed that Tristan didn't have his glasses on. I asked where his glasses were and Colin said we're playing. I in all good faith thought to myself they put the glasses away in case they play rough so nothing happens....I quickly realized that they don't generally do this and hide and seek isn't rough so I better clarify. I asked are the glasses put away safe while you play? Colin said no the game is that I hide Tristan's glasses and he tries to find them, you know like hide and seek!

I re-directed them to a new activity and the glasses were put back on the boy!