Hard day

Yesterday was a normal day just like any other Monday, I thought....We got up, got dressed, the girls watched their show, no big deal. Then we had some friends call and we invited them over for a playdate that afternoon. The girls were so excited that their friends were coming over to swim (you know, in our HUGE pool, that we have to air up every day because we have a small leak somewhere)...Well, the kids all came and suddenly, Grace turned into this whiney little girl whom I didn't recognize at all. She was warned and then finally just got sent inside by herself. Yah, that didn't work. So she came back out and started in, again. So this time, I picked her up and carried her upstairs and she got a spanking. She also had to sit on her bed and listen to one of her books on CD until she calmed down. About 30 minutes later she came down and STILL wasn't done being fussy and whiney so we had another little talk. Here it is....

I said, "Grace, do you know what it says in the bible about complaining and arguing?"

Grace says, "The bible talks about that? Show me, I want to read it"

So we got out the bible and turned to Philippians 2:14 and I read her the verse...Do everything without complaining or arguing.

Grace says, "Okay Mom, I'm sorry"

Then she went outside and played with her friends and was fine the rest of the day. I don't know how her little mind works, but I am most certainly going to God's word first next time as my first option with her. It was amazing that she changed her attitude so quickly. That little stinker.