I was on the phone with my folks quite a bit last night. It seems that when #1 brought his report card home last week, it was not at all what they expected. His progress report of several weeks ago indicated mostly A's & B's with a C or two. The report card he brought home was littered with D's and F's. It seems once he got his progress report, he stopped working at school figuring that he had done all that was required of him and now he could kick back and relax. Well, he is now working to make up for that and hopefully change his ways for the next report card! He may not see a TV or the light of day until he has brought his grades up!
#2 is in a similar boat, but did bring all his missing assignments home yesterday. He is now working to get all of them done before Friday so he can have a break during the Winter Break. I was quite proud of him yesterday, he came home and went straight to work on it. I made an agreement with him that if he works diligently from the time he gets home until dinner, he can have the time after dinner until bed time for himself. Yesterday it worked wonderfully, hopefully it will continue.
Hubby has a Christmas party at work tomorrow, and they will be doing a gift exchange. I will be baking cookies for him to bring as a gift today. My house should smell wonderful today! The scent of chocolate chip cookies wafting through the house blending with the pungent smell of the Christmas tree should be divine!