You’re the boss, Brandice

First Annual Barn Raising

I offer water to my kids all the time. Aidan loves it, the boys on the other hand feel like they are being punished. The very mention of the word water can send Zion to floor and induces some sort of seizure like reaction.

These glasses of water that I offer are clean, purified, and sometimes even more purified with our reverse osmosis filter. This water is offered in cool Diego or Cars cups. So, can you tell me why Zion has no problem what-so-ever drinking bathtub water out of a dirty duplo?

I’m thinking of embracing this and just giving them a trough of water and throwing some raw vegetables in there. Maybe throw a barn up in the backyard, with some hay beds for them. They would think they were living the life, and I’d have a clean house. I can’t see why this shouldn’t be done. A barn would compliment my neighbors tennis courts. It would also occupy the kids and they would stop asking the neighbors why they were playing soccer and the neighbors wouldn’t have to say, “It’s called tennis!” My kids wouldn’t respond with, “Is that a soccer ball?” Everyone would be happier.