It’s a Miracle!

A quick update of the Children's Miracle Music - Colin loves it so much that he says thank you for the CD in his prayers! For a while he had quit saying thank you for Mommy in his prayers because I asked him to empty the garbage everyday - now he is saying thank you for MORE work and I am back in the prayers. Happy Day!! I don't even ever have to turn it on; he asks Randy if it's time every morning as soon as he opens his eyes. No more fighting at bedtime even. At 7:30, I just quietly ask him if he will get the CD going and before I know it everyone is picking up toys like crazy, then next thing I know, we have the whole house tidied up and everyone has gone potty, brushed teeth, said prayers and are quietly waiting for family prayer. Then they lie down in their beds and listen as I read a chapter from Little House in the Big Woods while the 22 minutes of quiet music plays. Then we talk about the story for a minute, Randy and I leave, and the kids go to sleep around 8:30.

It’s pretty much like that picture you have in your head about angelic children laying quietly in bed in a tidy room listening peacefully as mom calmly reads a story.

Ok so Grace still struggles a bit but she is learning. The big kids are good examples for her and I help her with everything still. She does have a bit of a hard time being quiet during stories (she likes to sing a lot.) but Randy pats her back while I read and that helps. Another major plus for the program is it is helping her potty train! The CDs tell you to go potty as part of the routine and you have to at least try to get your point so she does it and has been dry all night every night since we started. She even kept her pull up clean and dry all day yesterday by herself. I tell you, that program is a Miracle!

We do pause the AM routine a few times – once for morning prayers just after make your bed and once at breakfast for breakfast prayer and while we read a story from the Friend. Breakfast is only allowed 10 minutes on the CD and that is not nearly enough for us so I leave it paused for about 15 minutes and then turn it back on when it’s time to get back to hurrying. The way we stretch out the AM routine, it takes about an hour to get through. It is supposed to be about 46 minutes. The night routine is 17 minutes of activity, 5 minutes already built in the CD of silence for Prayers, then 22 minutes of quiet go to sleep music. It lasts about 45 minutes.