It's nights like these when it would be nice to have a very large "RESET" button. Sitting here with baby nestled in my lap because his tummy hurts and pondering how and what I could have done to make the evening different, better, less stressful...
Some of tonight's dialog:
Me (in Spanish): okay little guys (their names left out for their safety) after you clean your shoes and have them ready for school tomorrow you can have a cookie for a bed-time snack and then you have to get ready for bed.
~~various little guys get their shoes clean and i decided to give them two cookies, and everything is good for like 5min~
Little Guy (in Spanish): My shoes are clean!
Me: okay, let me see!!!
~he shows me his clean shoes
Me: YAY good job! Here are your two cookies.
Little Guy: Two??? I want the whole pack
Me: ...you can't have the whole pack, it's two or nothing, what do you want?
Little Guy: Nothing.
Me: Okay it's your choice, remember what you say is powerful....((My on-going attempt to teach them that "words are powerful; be careful what you say"))
Little Guy: I don't want any~folds arms and pout face on and turns away~
~2 seconds go by~
Little Guy: I want the whole pack (whining voice)
Me: No
~at this point somebody else is having a fit about brushing their teeth and baby is crying and there are a stack of notebooks all over the table that need to be ready for school tomorrow and the house mom didn't tell me what's going on with them~and it is 8:45, way past everyone's bed time.....~
Little Guy: Maaannnnnnddddyyyyyyyy~ a pack of cooookieeessss....
Me: No, you cannot have a pack of cookies.
~repeated like 5 times~whining and fits added in~
AND God gave me peace through it, thank the Lord (yes, I was frustrated, but peacefully frustrated) Also Lamentations 3:21-25~Hurray for new mercies for me and for the kids and for me to give to the kids :D
21 Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
and therefore I have hope:
22 Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
for his compassions never fail.
23 They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him.”
25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
to the one who seeks him;
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