There are some days that my children are more naughty than nice and Tuesday was one of those days. I understand that testing me and figuring out their boundaries are what children do, but my little Allison & Kaitlyn sometimes really test my patience. I tell them often that they are lucky to have such a patient mom!
It all started with my little girls playing with some of my Christmas decorations. I pleaded with them to put them away and play with toys instead, but when I came downstairs and found one of my wise men's hands broken, I was a bit frustrated. What even made it worse was that no one admitted to breaking it. After 3 days, Kaitlyn finally admitted to the deed. I explained that I was more disappointed in her for the fact that she had lied to me.
After lunch I was organizing some of the gifts that I had bought for our nieces and nephews and Allison and Kaitlyn started to grab for the gifts and run off with them. I told them to bring them back and no one listened. After counting to 5 a few times, Kaitlyn finally brought hers back but Allison just threw hers on the floor and ran upstairs. I asked her to come downstairs and give me the gift, but instead she ran past me with her sister and said, "I am going to play downstairs with Katie." I said not until the gift is in my hand and Katie said, "Mommy, Allie doesn't have to do that. She is going to play with me." Wow! I finally directed Katie downstairs and said, "Your sister will join you after she is done listening to me and I am Allison's mom not you." After many tears, Allison finally gave me the gift back. I hope they each learned something from their naughtiness that day!
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