At Least My Floors Are Clean

So today was a pretty typical day.  I feel like I have been in a funk the last couple of weeks though.  The kids are being pretty unruly which not only is hard to deal with but is exhausting.  I hate having to discipline ALL.DAY.LONG.  I want to be consistent, so I cannot let stuff slide that they know is wrong.  I feel like I have been totally impatient and tired.

They feed off one another.  Aiden is always hitting and grabbing which makes Asa or Nathan or both scream and cry.  Which then leads Noah to his favorite job of tattle telling.  And so the constant whining is just like nails on a chalkboard to me.  I just want to start whining and crying with them.

But, in all of this, I know that discipline is necessary.  To discipline them is to love them because I cannot allow them to continue in their sin.  I want to shepherd their hearts that they would grow to love the Lord and be obedient to Him. 

And so I have to discipline myself and practice lots of self control for moments like this...

I was sitting outside today watching the boys play in their pool and run around the yard.  Next thing I know, I look over and see Asa holding something in both hands.  Is that???  Surely not.  O yes, it is.  Oh.mi.goodness.gracious.  There is Asa holding two ginormous pieces of his own poo.  One in each hand. 

That was fun to clean up.

And then there was this fine moment...

Asa was put in time out.  He didn't like it.  He decided to get us back.  I walked in to get him out of time out and saw him sitting in a pool of his own urine, running his hands through it, playing.  On the hardwood floor.  And to make it even more awesome, Nathan was playing in it too. 

Floor was mopped.  Kids given baths.  And then the crowning moment...

I was upstairs putting the kids to bed and walked into our master bathroom.  Looked down and saw that Sophie had decided to use the rug as her urinal.  Of course it bled through onto the tile, and stained the grout. 

Floor was cleaned.  Grout was scrubbed.  Rugs put in the washer.

I think I am going to sleep well tonight.  Thanks to Asa and Sophie most of the house is sparkling clean.