Loads of thanks

My son just had his birthday party with his school friends. He had a great time and also got some birthday gifts. I explained that it would be good manners to give thank you notes to his friends. A few days later I asked him to sit down and write them. Complaints, complaints from him. Not wanting to nag, I told him he needed to do them at some point. It seems like lately everything I ask him to do, it's like torture. The tears, the stomping the attitude! I don't think I"m asking too much...clean your room, write out and practice spelling words, take a shower...

If any of you are experienced moms, I would love some wisdom on how to deal with this. I"m getting nervous that my son is going to spend his life sitting around playing video games. Anyway, I stamped this card front today. I am LOVING my new Loads of Love Stamp set. I can't believe I never gave it a second glance before. I think I always stayed away from line image sets because I thought it meant I would have to watercolour and I don't think that's my forte. But with a set like Loads of Love, the markers are so perfect. I can colour inside the lines (mostly). The colours used here are pumpkin pie, daffodil delight, pacific point and sahara sand. I asked my son to colour the images but of course he wouldn't. He figured it was enough that he wrote the thank you's. I didn't argue with him because I needed the decompression time anyway...to pray about how to we could move forward from this stage we seem to be in. Honestly, stamping alone can be so peaceful and relaxing. I was happy with my creation. I wanted it to be really simple. I think the paper piercing at the top adds some simple interest. If you haven't taken out your stamping supplies in a while, just give yourself permission to stamp. It's cheaper than psychotherapy bills. Grin.