Our youngest boy age 6, has become a habitual liar and commits thievery of snacks and small items on a constant basis.
Apparently , according to my research , this is a phase that all children must pass through.
Silly boy is caught every time and is punished by being sent to bed, no snacks for a week, no TV , but still nothing deters him and he lies to our face, even if caught red handed.
It’s odd ,because he is a nervous little fellow ,and you would think he’d want to stay under the radar. Perhaps it is the negative attention he craves.
My boys have taken so many ridiculous items to school in the past, that each morning I search their bags. This morning the littlest bag was jingling with coins.
I asked him where he was taking them and where he got them from. He became very flustered which is usual for him and wouldn’t answer me , again being silent as is his go to.
He eventually told me that he took them from a small bowl I have on the kitchen table.
Stealing is not acceptable in our house and he received a telling off he won’t forget.
Once we were in the car on the way to school I calmly asked him why he took the coins.
His answer ” well there’s a boy in my class called Zachary and his cousin was born with only half a heart and they’re collecting pennies to help him get better”
I felt like crap and told him that all he had to do was ask, and a bag of pennies would be sent to school.
I encourage my children to talk and ask for things but still this phase is a very difficult one and I will be glad when it’s over.
They truly want for nothing and live a very comfortable life.
Why lie and steal? If you want the chocolate cookie , ask for it , you might just get it.

 

I use my sheepskin boots for when we go glamping, and in the winter around our property. They are so generic that people make fun of white girls with Starbucks wearing such boots.

I wanted to make mine custom and so when I spotted
these in Costco for $30 I was sold. 

I thought briefly about dying them a crazy color , or painting them wonderful hues. In the end , I was drawn to a tool I had buried deeply in my craft room, a wood burning tool. I read up on it and apparently it will work on leather too.

I looked up henna designs as I’m currently a little obsessed with the art of body painting. Probably because I’m too OCD to have a tattoo , it needs to be temporary , and able to be changed if required or desired.

I had to freehand this design as I couldn’t find a way to transfer my design onto the boot. I used a pen as pencil didn’t show up dark enough. I was nervous.

I heated up the tool and it burned beautiful dark lines into the suede fabric. The smell was a little funky but not horrible.

I’m delighted with the end result.

These boots are now made for walking…in my style!