It started with a fight....

History has proven that the first week of school is a grumpy one. Even though I try to wean them off of 8am and up wake up time the week before school starts, it still is pretty painful to have that 6am wake up call. By the time they get homework done, get through soccer practice, dance, church activities, etc, the kids' attitudes are ripe and the yawns are continuous. I can't blame them...me the one who sets her alarm app on the iphone so I can power nap in the pick up line. One of the aides at school woke me up today. I had three minutes left! Anyhoo, I made it clear to the girls that their room would be clean or they would take a tardy. You would have thought I told them clean your room or they would be thrown in the lion exhibit at the zoo. They were horrified. So the cleaning commenced...and so did the fighting. Arguments over what girl was in charge of what part of the room. Voices were raised, the boy came in and crawled in my lap...buried his head. I chose to ignore them and go about the routine. It was what it was. They went to school and came home over it. There were still some arguments, but we just rolled with it. I honestly didn't have the energy to deal with it today. When I got home from Wednesday night activity at church, this is what I found:



Apparently the boy got over his fear of his sisters' loud voices and snuggled up to relax for the evening. Never get tired of these sweet sights.

On a different note, I am asking for prayers for my Uncle. He was at Vandy today. They have found some tumors near in his neck and back area and a cyst near his spine. Initial thoughts were that they weren't cancerous, but tests are being done tomorrow to find out if they are malignant or not. There are lots of vessels and nerves wrapped up in all of this and he is having a hard time. I am just asking for you to pray that it is not malignant. He has suffered with health problems for so long. I just hope that there are not malignancies and the surgery to remove them will bring great relief to him. He does so much for so many. We are all so worried. I thank you for your prayers.
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