Whisper Dinner

Sometimes there is just too much noise in my world. Both kids, but Ben in particular have a tough time using their inside voices inside. At the dinner table there must be some magical spell that comes over them because it is all amplified and more animated while we eat and it drives us nuts. Yesterday Brian had had enough of the noise. When Ben couldn't seem to dial down the volume with gentle reminders about his inside voice, Brian finally said, "Let's have a whisper dinner." We whispered through the whole dinner. It was painfully hard for me at times to whisper, but oh it was nice that the kids did. It was a total game to them but the grown-ups really enjoyed the noise relief. Maybe we'll have a whisper dinner on a regular basis.