Mondays are Christa's day.

Christa doesn't go to kindergarten on Mondays. The first few weeks of school, I was a frustrated mom on Mondays. Now I've learned Mondays are not my days to write or market or do a lot of the things I need to do. I decided to adjust my attitude instead of expecting Christa to adjust her attitude.

Mondays are days devoted to doing what Christa wants to do. We go to the library. We come home and read all the books she selected off the shelves.

We run errands--but I make sure it's fun for her. She helps me shop for groceries. And we eat lunch out wherever she wants to eat lunch. Today it was Red Robin. Other days it's Chik-fil-a.

We pull out the paints or the markers and I suggest ideas for pictures for her to color--and who she can give them to.

By the time Monday is over, we've had fun together. And that should always be on the top of my To Do list!