Ugh - this parenting stuff is hard

First the good news:
Hannah Dean graduated this week to the toddler room at school. So, it's been a busy week for her. She's gone from napping whenever she gets fussy to 1 nap a day on a cot instead of in the crib. This is big! She plays hard all day and goes outside once in the morning and once in the afternoon. It's apparently exhausting because we've struggled to keep her up until 6pm each night this week. Exciting but yet another reminder that my baby isn't really in the "baby" category anymore.

Now the bad news:
Maddy May got in trouble for misbehaving today at school. Of the 5 people that read this, I'm sure someone is laughing right now but the truth is this is very upsetting for us because we have the kid that's always good! Don't get me wrong, she has her moments, but in general she is very well behaved. Well behaved is not exactly the phrase her teacher used this afternoon. So, here is the challenge...How in the world do you "punish" a 4-year old? We can't send her to her room where they are WAY too many distractions. We can't tell her to sit on the couch because, let's be honest, that would drive us crazy. She's a little old for time out. SO, we ended up with no dessert after dinner and going to be 30 minutes earlier than normal. I'm almost 100% sure it made no difference but it least it made us feel like we were doing SOMETHING. Suggestions that don't involve a call to CPS are welcome!

Happy Wednesday!