This morning was our first day of Blast Ball. The kids had a lot of fun. I think Kourtney was the least enthused about it, but she played well & followed the instructions the coach gave her, so I think it will grow on her. Samuel LOVED it...and that boy can PITCH!!! I'll bet he plays baseball in HS! Sarah thought it was fun, too! The bases all make noise when you step on them. The kids thought that was hysterical & would run to the base just to hear it honk at them. :)
After all the running & busy-ness today, we came home & had a "drill sergeant room cleaning" time. Both of the kids' rooms were absolute pig-stys (or is that pig sties?) so it was TIME to do something about that. Larry took the boys' room & I took the girls'. (with the kids, that is!) We filled about 6 garbage bags with broken toys, pieces to games we threw away a year ago, trash & just junk that was cluttering up their floors. All 5 of the kids are messy packrats, so getting it all done was a huge chore, but once it was done, we instilled the new rule. We will begin handing out $1/week allowance to everyone. Ten cents will go to God (tithe), ten cents into savings (bank) & then they can use the rest for whatever they want.....even buying back toys that we take if they're left out to junk up the floor continually. They seem to like that plan! :)
Tonight, I'm not sure if Andrew was exhausted from the long day or what....but I found him laying in bed, face down on his pillow sobbing. It's the first time that he's cried like this. I don't know if some emotional dam inside finally broke open or what. He never really said why he was crying, but I made sure to snuggle & kiss & hug & reassure him while I held him as he cried.
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tell larry when he gets irate about the kids room that he sould think of his own room as a child, i got to the point that i would just close the door and not look, it was so bad as a teenager that he lost his eagle scout ring in there and we all thought that his brother had hocked it until years later when his father was doing some repairs he found it
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