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Butch is a good kid - well, as much a good kid as any 6 year old can be. But he sure does despise cleaning up his messes. Right now it is almost nine in the evening, he is sitting on the floor staring at boxes of toys and supposed to be picking up. Every time he picks something new up he has to play with it. I'm slowly going crazy - I *want* to throw all the toys away (they prefer the boxes the toys come in anyway right?) but they are quality toys (Thomas trains and wood blocks) and I can't do that - but I'm so tired of the mess. So, I stupidly sit here and ask him what he is *supposed* to be doing. It isn't working. It's 9pm and I want to go to bed. If I clean it he wins anyway, b/c he's just trying to get out of doing it - well partly, I realize at 6 he has a short attention span. Normally I'd just put him in bed and come back to it in the morning but - he's been doing this for days and I'm really sick of the mess - I want it gone - I want the toys to stay in their boxes and look cute! I'm sure I got in plenty of trouble for the exact same things when I was a kid - but why can't they clean like adults? I have a sneaky feeling that he learned this from me. I should be cleaning too and what am I doing? Blogging... hmmmm... well, I guess the guilt has finally gotten to me and I'm off to do some cleaning - maybe he'll get the picture if I model it eh? I know, I know... I'm a slow learner - and I'll probably have to re-learn it tomorrow! I'm so thankful that our Lord is more forgiving than I am! I can't even make it out of church on a Sunday without screwing it up pretty soon after! I'll go carry the poor boy to his bed - he just fell asleep on the floor - we're waiting for Mr. Top Gun to come home from being gone for three weeks. He can work on chores in the morning, again! In Christ Jenn a poor miserable sinner, forgiven. |
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