ARGH!!!

No my blog has not been taken over by Pirates, although I don't know if they would wear me down as much as my kiddos did today.

Granted it is Monday and we had a long weekend, but come on!!!! To say I had a rough day is what I would consider an understatement. My day started off great. I got up, had my prayer time, exercised, made the gals chocolate chip pancakes...the end! The end of my great morning that is.

The girls flat out refused to get out of bed (Lovely and Sporty). This is unlike Sporty because on most days she hops out of bed gets dressed and is ready to go. Lovely always requires prodding. The girls finally made their way to breakfast and it started. Non-stop bickering between Lovely and Sporty. Baby Girl got off without a hitch.

I try to let the girls work out the problems, but today there would be no white flag of surrender on either part. Sporty was just down right difficult today and Lovely picked up on it and just instigated in every way at every opportunity. Several times today I felt very helpless over their behavior. I have been trying diligently to teach them to communicate with each other in a respectable way. You never would have known that by their actions and my reactions.

Baby Girl went to lunch with her grandparents and then for a play date with her cousin. The girls should have been able to finish their work right after lunch....should have!! They had argued and dawdled so much that they didn't finish until after 3! I have to be honest I cannot take it when our day goes that long for silliness. It really just angers me. I don't have a problem with long days if we are getting work done, but today was for poor attitudes and the lack of focus.

After talking with my sweet husband he encouraged me to not allow the girls some of the freedoms they have been enjoying. Tomorrow I plan to keep the girls on a "time" schedule. I will allow them a set amount of time for each subject and I need to stick to it.

I will let you know how we do. Now I am going to bed, because I need to have a good attitude in the morning as well.