Decisions and Donuts

As I have mentioned before, we have been working a lot lately on getting Seth to make his OWN decisions and not just take on his brother's.  It is a process, but we are getting there.

A couple of Saturdays ago, Eric took the boys out for a donut breakfast...in their pjs.  (Because everybody knows that donuts taste better in pjs.)  We had already prepped Caleb to make sure that Seth chose his donut first and then for big brother to praise him a bit for making his own decision.  Yes, good decision making needs some encouragment and Caleb is quite the encourager.  Most days.

Well, before they could get out of the door, Seth had a decision to make...what shoes to wear.  We hadn't even considered this to be a big choice making opportunity.  Eric just nonchalantly asked Seth to get a pair of shoes from his closet and put them on,  so they could head out.  We expected him to put on either crocs or tennis shoes, like always.  But to our surprise, Seth took this opportunity to unexpectantly exercise his decision-making abilities.

Eric and I both started to protest, but quickly caught ourselves.  After all, our little Sethie had done what was asked of him.  And the decision was obviously his own.  So, Eric and I got to practice a little parental restraint, while Seth got to practice a little decision making.  WIN/WIN!

Plus, We Workmans are not necessarily known for our fashion savviness.  But Seth certainly thought he looked pretty snazzy.  So, it was all good.

 

And the donuts were pretty good, too!