- IT'S 7:20PM & WHERE ARE MY CHILDREN? -

they're in bed!!! - man, we don't have many of 'those' days, but today was one of 'THOSE' days! (notice all the caps?) - it started after church, when i went to take the girls to the bathroom & was taking them away from some friends of ours that we were talking to - ruby gave me 'the look' & i knew i was in for it - she started bulking a bit & as i took them all to go potty, i said the same phrase i always say, "everyone line up to go pee pee" & pointed at ruby to start the process - she signed, 'no' to me & grrrr, i wasn't very happy with her - kiara had already climbed up & was taking care of business & as she was, ruby started bawling loudly signing & saying that it was her turn! - i shared with her that she was told first to go & she made the decision to not obey & since kiara was already going, i chose to not make a big deal of it (this time) - she then took her turn & i thought it was over, but NOOOOOOOOOOOOO - after we'd all finished, we were ready to leave the restroom & kiara was passing out everyone's bibles by reading their names on it - ruby was handed her & as we were walking out i hear a loud THUD! - i turn to see 'the look' from ruby as she was frozen in place & her bible was laying on the floor - i told her to pick it up from which she said, "NO" (& in our home that's NOT acceptable at all!!) - i shared with her that we'd deal with it as soon as we arrived at the car & we did - thinking it was the end, we went to lunch & 3 times while there ruby was in the bathroom & no she didn't have a bladder problem! - we came home & she shared her mood with her sisters & it's just been one thing after another all day/night long - finally, at about 7:20 they were all scraping & i said, "ENOUGH, EVERYONE TO BED!" & now the scraping's over & all's well - whew, what a day, i'm exhausted & i don't like days like this one & hopefully it'll be a long time before we repeat it [hugs!]