Ask my kids what I want for Christmas - and they'll all recite (in a funny, high pitched voice) A CLEAN HOUSE AND A HAPPY HOME!
Seriously - that's all I really want from my kids. (Now - my husband -that's a different story - I've got a list for him!) But from my kids - even the married ones - I really just want a clean house - and a happy home.
#1 A CLEAN HOUSE
Now - reality - REALLY???? A clean house- with 9 kids living here? THERE'S NO WAY! Cleaned the bathroom, someone peed on the wall. Empty the sink, someone puts dishes in there. Mop the floor, someone spills applesauce and runs and hides! Shampoo the carpet, someone spills their drink. A clean house will never happen while we live here.
Maybe that clean house will happen when the youngest child moves out on his own????
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#2 A HAPPY HOME
Really - all I want is kids to not fight - to not steal their siblings toy, or their hairbrush. To not scream at each other "I had that first!". To allow the other to go first to wash their hands. To sit by each other and not poke or hit or pinch.
Maybe that happy home will happen when the children move out?
Today, at church, Caleb and Hannah were sitting side by side, with their spouses on the outside. They weren't poking each other, they weren't hitting or pinching or kicking or fussing at each other....
This is the first of many 'happy home' Christmas gifts! THANKS GUYS!!!
All about death
13 years ago
"Maybe that clean house will happen when the youngest child moves out on his own????"
ReplyDeleteAre you ever going to have a "youngest child?" It seems that you just bring in replacements as they age out. : )