My 3 Sons

What happens when you have 3 boys and 1 mommy while the daddy is at work???  An absolute insanely crazy ride!!  One minute, I am crying at how amazingly blessed I am, and the next minute, I am crying tears of pure frustration that no one will listen to me!  How do you actually teach/train/disciple 2 yr. old twin boys anything while they are sabotaging each other’s moment?  How do you keep your cool when you have a 2 year old toddler boys tugging at each leg demanding for your undivided attention while the tireless 6 yr old is giving you a minute-by-minute commentary of the video game he is playing and also expecting your undivided attention?  Will these boys ever learn?  Will I ever get it all together and stay calm in the midst of the chaos?

When I was leaving the gym the other day, it took me about 20 minutes to walk from the kids club back to the front door.  Normally this walk takes a maximum of 2 minutes.  I opened the childcare doors leading into the hallway, and I might as well released 3 bucking broncos!  Jadon darted off first and was gone before I could blink.  Brock was a close second and immediately no where to be found.  Austin shortly followed in 3rd place, but fell like Bambi and was splayed out on the floor.  I found myself darting here and there, from child to child, trying to tame these wild boys!  When I finally made it to the front area, there was Brock doing laps on the inside of the Information counter.  The gym staff were in hysterics at my ‘unruly’ boys.  There were a number of spectators and yet no helpers.  All eyes were on me and all I wanted to do was get these boys ‘rounded-up’ so we could safely walk to the car.  All of a sudden when I thought my blood was going to boil over, somehow, through a miracle of God, everyone came together.  My face was beat red from a combination of pure frustration and exhaustion!  Somehow we made it out the front door and everyone was calm and obedient???  How did that happen???  As we rounded the corner of the gym I began giving them my lecture on how we all need to stay together and obey Mommy.  As I am scolding and pointing my finger and looking directly at Brock (as he was the naughtiest), he looked directly in my eyes as if peering through a telescope and with a cute little grin on his face, says in a VERY sweet voice, “Hi Mommy!”.  What was I to do?  Did he listen?  Did he hear anything I was saying?  Did any of them hear anything?  At that moment, all I could do was laugh.  There was nothing else I could do or say…. He got me.  Clearly all my great council was going WAY over their heads!   However, interestingly enough, the very next time we went to the gym, all of the boys stayed near me as we made our way to kids club and back to the car.  We’ll see what happens the next time???

All I know to do is to keep breathing (VERY important!), try to continue to teach/train/disciple within the milliseconds that are available to me, remember to laugh when I feel I am losing the plot and most importantly, PRAY! Pray with everything inside me that where I fall short as the mommy, God makes up the difference so these boys will grow into great men God has called them to be.  Okay, after this morning’s chaos, I am off to do my breathing…..