Days Like Today

I woke up this morning in a good mood. It felt like it was going to be a great day. We even made muffins together this morning. Usually when they help make breakfast, days are good.

While we were waiting for our muffins, we answered the question of the day in preparation for Easter. (Their primary sent home a little sheet that asks one question per day to help prepare the kids for Easter and to think more about Christ.) Today's question was "what is one way you can be more obedient at home?" Both of the boys answered and we agreed we'd work on no begging and no arguing today so they could try to be more like Jesus.

Then Freddie broke a dresser drawer. Then they played in the sprinkler when it was 40° outside.
Then they broke Eloise's ceramic pig that was mine as a little girl.

They argued and begged all day. 

There were some good moments:

Eloise peed three times on the toilet. They all ended up napping (even if it was really late). We enjoyed muffins all day. They went to bed early (which gave me more time to prep for the person I had coming over for a session-a session which went really well). Cedrik prayed on his own to ask Heavenly Father to help him. 

I was the one who learned the lesson today and although my lesson wasn't obedience, it was that I need to be more in-tune to know how to help them. How do I help them become more Christ-like. Obviously, my example needs to be my first thought. And hopefully conference this weekend gives me some other specific things we can do to help make our home more peaceful (our goal by the end of the year). 

"Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father"