Sunday, November 2, 2003:
That Caitlin—there she is, clearly and intentionally sabotaging our family home evening. There’s me, playing right into her hands. During our lesson Claire pretends to be dead for some reason.
Sunday, November 9, 2003:
The big girls have a lot of fun during FHE, which they are clearly and consciously trying to wreck. We console ourselves with an analogy that occurs to us. There they are, all their lives, behaving their more or less best in the outside world. You can’t keep it up all the time, can you? Home time’ is like recess, and they have to run around a bit.