Herding

When dealing/coping/living with lots of little kids you commonly hear the term "herding". Herding is a technique used where you keep all the kids together. It helps with things like keeping rooms tidy and supervising multiple kids at once.

It's not good when you need to use the "divide and conquer" technique.

Anyhow.

Today is our first swimming lessons at the pool day, and my first time at the pool with more than 1 kid by myself. I have 4. By myself. (The last time I was at the pools I had just 1 16 month old child and I was with my friend and her 6? Month old.)

It's proving successful. Armed with four wrist bands alerting others to the fact their parent is meant to supervise AT ALL TIMES we headed in, ditched one kid off to her class (showing more confidence than all the other much shorter kids in her class) we just stood there. Watching.

The kids were great and I attribute the success of the morning to the herding technique. I am really encouraged that even though I did need a time out session for one kid twice that I do really have a great bunch of kids no matter what others may or may not say ;)