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Original sin

I thought every night as I put the boys to bed how very proud I was of them for keeping their bed room clean. Yesterday I even went out and bought them Lego Star Wars for the wii. At lunch I told them they only needed to pick up the few cloths that were on the floor, and whatever was under the bed and then they could have their new game. Whatever was under the bed! Do you realize how much you can actually fit under a bed? It took me 20 minutes to drag everything out from under their bed. And it reminded me of sin. When we sin the first thing we do is hid it. So for the boys it meant hiding candy wrappers, and Lego that they were too lazy to pick up. Then comes the blame. They are blaming each other for the mess. Now they wanted us to wait for them so they could be the first to play Star Wars. I'm sure they would have sat there all day, and tomorrow...just blaming each other. Not working. Not cleaning. I'm smarter then that. Nicole and Juergen are playing Star Wars on the wii. Lets see how quickly the boys get over the blame game and start cleaning their room.

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Jill W said…
Oh Amy, I think our boys are clones of each other. They cannot seem to keep thier room clean. They have bunk beds & Evan has the bottom bunk and he stuffs everything under the bed. I recently helped him shovel out the mess...candy wrappers, toys, clothes-both clean & dirty. It is amazing what you can fit under one bed. The blame game is played at our house as well. How long did it take for the boys to get things cleaned up to play the wii?
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