Funny how circumstances can change so drastically when you're not looking. Funny how your children can all be gathered together in one room for 5 minutes of nightly scripture reading, and what is supposed to be a calm and serene occasion turns into an all-out brawl. Funny how that happens. Or maybe not so funny!
It all started when Little Sister felt the need to hunt for a more exciting case to carry her scriptures in right when it was time to read together. After running upstairs and digging through the 30 or so little purses and bags she could rightfully claim as her own, and realizing the cute little Tinkerbell bag was just a tad too small for her scriptures, she moved on to explore the 30 or so bags of Bigger Sister. Bingo - she immediately found just what she needed! Little Sister brought the bag downstairs, where all were gathered, and declared that since Bigger Sister never used that particular bag, she would claim it as her own and use it to carry her scriptures. Bigger Sister, feeling the need to protect her stuff, yanked Little Sister's newly discovered bag out of her hands and sat on it. It was obvious where Ben's allegiances lay as he started screaming in Bigger Sister's ear, demanding that she return the bag to Little Sister. Ben was adamant about protecting Little Sister's rights and was not about to back down. It went downhill from there as yelling and name-calling ensued followed by an energetic tug-of-war as Ben raced from sister to sister. I stood in the adjoining room, dumbfounded - knowing the bag belonged to Bigger Sister, but disappointed in the way Bigger Sister was handling the issue. Finally, I asked Bigger Sister what she would do about this situation if she were the mom. With that, Bigger Sister took the bag and threw it at Little Sister telling Little Sister she didn't really want the stupid bag anyway. Nice. So glad we had this brawl just for fun. Funny how that happens.
Little Sister did not have a good night for more reasons than the bag brawl. Perhaps the less than desirable behavior of the evening was purely a side-effect of a more than tired little girl! At least I'd like to think so. Funny how that happens.
Biggest Sister - who stayed home sick today commented, "It was so nice and peaceful here all day until you guys came home!" Interesting observation, don't you think?
8 comments:
This is selfish of me to say, but it's nice to know that our family is not the only one to have issues around scripture study/prayer time.
I think your question to bigger sister was a good one. I don't think you would have thrown the bag at Little Sister, though. :-)
Oh the joys...of motherhood:)
I agree with Joey. I like the question you asked bigger sister...but I KNOW you would NOT have thrown the bag!
That is how all our FHE's and scripture reading go. It makes for good memories later and maybe some laughter. I agree with Maddy's comment at the end and have used those same words many times!!!!
Don't you just love family scripture study! I'm glad you are working through the pain also. We are right there with you! :)
I once heard that if you want to know if satan exists just try to have familyscripture study! We seem to have the same issues when it's time to sit down to have the
good to have boys. they don't fight over purses
Hang in there.....
I love this little slice of family life. Soooo familiar...(Like when we used to sometimes call it "Family Home Fighting.")
I love reading about what goes on at your house.
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