Honestly......

I had a great start to my morning.

Let me start with yesterday evening, though. My "precious" little 3-year old (4 on Feb. 22) Emily loves to draw and make "lists." She has always asked permission to draw and except for her hands and face, has been really good about only writing on paper. Yesterday, she came home and Luke told her to show me her pants. She was embarrassed but eventually did it. Pen all over her pant legs. Really? Luke said, "She feels bad and I already talked with her about it." So, I let it go.

Fast forward to this morning. With three children our mornings are a little on the hectic side. Usually Luke is here to help out....however, this morning he was at Bible Study.

Mikey is home sick on my day alone. He's better than yesterday, though.

The clothes I had laid out for myself the night before (if I don't, it takes me 15 minutes to figure out what to wear) are now in with the dirty clothes because Luke decided to put them there.

I couldn't find Emily's hat because Luke decided it belonged rolled up INSIDE of his hat in the car. Naturally....

I had to frantically run around to find a different hat.

Emily was being snotty when Lucas was trying to buckle her seatbelt.

Lucas didn't like that Emily was being snotty so he decides to yell at her....making the situation worse.

When I come out to the car, Emily is screaming like she is insane because she is a snot.

I'm in rush hour traffic and the gas light comes on. FYI-I have not driven the car for days but someone else has. HINT-The kids don't drive.....

We barely make it to school on time, I open the door to get Emily out and she has drawn with a marker all over her pants. Clearly, she didn't feel bad enough after yesterdays incident. However, she did try walk into her classroom sideways so her teacher wouldn't see.

I was "mildly" irritated, to say the least. As I drove home I began to pray and I had a "vision" of Lucas being in the Flight for Life helicopter. Needless to say, that changed my attitude.

Even though my family can be irritating, frustrating and annoying----I still love them to bits and I love my life.

Perhaps later, I'll add a pic of Emmy's "artwork."