The Get-Along Shirt

I saw this idea on Pinterest. They had a x-large t-shirt and on the front was written in Sharpie marker: "This is our Get-Along Shirt". Shawn had a shirt that was in the donate box (too large for him) and I thought I'd give the idea a try. This last 3-day weekend was brutal with the kids screaming, fighting, yelling, destroying, being BOYS! It was just too much for this worn-out mama, so after hours of these two arguing, I implemented the get-along shirt:

At first they didn't know what it was and were ok being in it. After I explained to them that they needed to sit down and GET ALONG by telling each other kind words, all chaos broke out. Logan wanted OUT of the shirt and was begging Malachi to be quiet. Malachi liked being in the shirt by Logan and found it quite humorous to make noises to stay in the shirt longer. I hadn't really planned on that dilemma. However, we got it to work eventually.

After about 1/2 hour in the get-along shirt, and screams, hitting, tackling, and being re-positioned by the wall, they finally could sit still and be kind to each other. What an interesting (and humorous) experience!

Malachi LOVES getting attention from his brothers. He misses them severely during the day and it seems like they prefer to do other things without him when they get home from school. Zachary was so kind the other night to try to teach Malachi how to follow Lego directions to build a model set that Zachary bought. These are the moments I live for, even after a LONG day/weekend of the fighting and arguing.