You just never know...

Okay. So for days, weeks (dare I say months?) it has seemed like anything I have been teaching my children has gone in one ear and out the other. Seriously you wouldn't believe how frustrating it has been to get them pick up after themselves. Well, who am I kidding? If you are a mom, then you know. But it has been so hard lately. I told my husband just last week that if he wanted to see them to disappear (and fast...like mice running from the sound of a human), then just say, "pick up [this or that]" and well they would be gone from sight. And just to clarify, they would NOT be headed in the direction of [this or that]! There has also been a whole lot of complaining and whining going on in our house as of late. I would say it is driving me crazy but then it might appear as though I were complaining.


Imagine my surprise; however, as I woke up from a nap today to discover my 5 year old folding laundry...with a smile (and not the kind of smile that signifies she is up to something). And this same 5 year old, after being told to clean up a mess she made earlier, picked up her mess without complaint. And my 2 year old woke up from her nap and hasn't been whiny.

I am not all together sure I woke up on the same planet I fell asleep to but I am not going to complain mind you! I will chalk this little sweet afternoon up as a small reprieve from the past few days, weeks, etc. and know in my heart that progress can happen. It will happen. I just need a little more patience and a continual resolve to see this to the bitter end.