Long Day, compassionate service, Grandma blessings

Stayed at Tana's overnight with the kids at their house while Tana and Nathan were in Myrtle Beach for a few days together. I was blessed to be able to be with the kids and fixed dinner. They were all very cooperative. I noticed how hard they worked and helped do their chores done. Kaitlyn emptied the dishwasher, and she will turn 8 in May. Lindsay loaded the dishwasher and she turns 10 in April. She even practiced her violin right after she came home from school. She said she gets a reward fro practicing everyday for two weeks. I'm pleased and was very impressed at how they know and did their chores; Tana has consistently taught them well. I believe it takes follow through to get results. Right on, Tana!

The boys were good to make sure they had their clothes ready to go and packed to go to Grandma's. We went to Tara's later today to support her while she is recuperating from surgery. Austin and Jackson played with Alli and Jacob and kept busy while I made lunch and helped Tara get showered. It was a day of service for me, and yet the children all helped cooperate. Tara's helped with the younger ones and gave them individual time and picked up the house and made things in order.

When Lindsay and Kaitlyn came home from school they helped straighten the house and finished their chores before we left to go to Grandma's. They enjoyed an evening with their cousins, Aislyn, Ella and Parker. I watched all seven of them while Aaron and Candice had a date night out. We watched a movie and it was like a sleep over for them and I think they forgot to go to bed quietly.

I managed and barely got them all down before Aaron and Candice came home. I noticed that kids will push their limits and try to get by with little effort. It doesn't work for very long and they go back to the stricter rules and know when I say it is bedtime I mean business, and they obeyed. My own kids I'm sure did the same to me, and was known as the "warden" now and then, just like my mother.