Hudson had a field trip to the badlands yesterday to look for rocks and dinosaur bones. I wanted to go with him, but am still feeling under the weather and decided that Lincoln and I had better stay home. When Hudson got home he had all sorts of stories. The problem is, they weren't true.

How do you punish a child for lying? What is the best way to teach an almost 5 year old that telling stories that aren't true is a bad thing? He has such a great imagination, but it's getting a little out of control.

I gave him a few chances to admit that the story was made up, but he insisted that it was the truth. I said things like " sometimes we like to imagine that things happen- is that what this story is? Is it your imagination?"

"No! It really happened"

So- I am a little disappointed, but mostly just worried that I need to somehow teach him not to lie.

Lincoln is doing alright- he's still trying to crawl. He's got his two bottom front teeth poking out now, and it is making him sleepless which in turn is making me sleepless. When I got home from work it took me two hours to get him to sleep. and then he kept waking up. The only way I could keep him sleeping was to feed him so he ended up sleeping in our bed- again- much to Jason's chagrin.