Early bedtime

Today was not the most fun day in our house. JC definitely woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. She was incredibly unpleasant before she left for school. I keep telling my husband that 8:30 is just too late for her and the last two nights that's what time she went to bed. Fortunately, she behaved in school and that is very important. She and HT have been fighting non-stop for the last month. This evening they came in for dinner tattling on each other and I let them know it all needed to stop. Then about 7 this evening, HT and JR had a physical altercation, which is inexcusable on both sides! I decided 8:00 was a necessary bedtime for all. This Saturday I'm taking them all to my parents' house to pick up walnuts. If you've never lived with a walnut tree before, consider yourself lucky. Every several years the walnuts literally fall by the hundreds (and possibly even thousands) and this seems to be my parents' lucky year! I told Mom & Dad it will do the kids good to be helping them and it will keep them from fighting over what to watch on TV. Of course, goodness knows what kind of fighting walnuts can lead to!