Soon after James was born, it became apparent that we needed to establish some ground rules. Not necessarily a comprehensive list, but a few basic tenets that were not to be violated. The list grew as James did, but proved to be remarkably resilient to the testing of all his younger siblings. In case the kids ever want to have a jump start on rules with their own families, I thought I should record our gained wisdom so far, for posterity.
Rule #1. No eating paper.
Rule #2. No playing in the trash.
Rule #3. No urping (spitting up) on Mom and Dad.
Rule #4. No squirming during your diaper change.
Rule #5. No beating up on Mom and Dad.
Rule #6. No throwing sand out of the sandbox.
Jeremy and I both feel that there must be a few that we are missing, here. Maybe I will think of them to add to the list as they become necessary for Helen...
I remember "no walking on the ceiling" and "no walking on the walls", but those seemed to exist mostly for encouraging him to break the rules (with the help of Jeremy)
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