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Be Ready Always…

August 18, 2009 by Traci

1 Peter 3:15
15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

Even when…

Your 2 year old little “princess” dumps that messy baby cereal all over the floor

And then throws it all over your cutie-pie son! Can I get an “awwwww”

Ahhhhh, much better!

If you are curious as to the
order of events that occurred during this “excitement”,
here it goes:

  • I hear a laugh… but not the happy kind…. the “evil, mischievous” one
  • What are you doing Riley? Nothin’ Mama
  • In horror, my mouth drops
  • I leave the crying infant, and take a naughty 2 year old by the hand up to her room to discipline (surprisingly, I stayed calm, and my “Mommy-Monster” didn’t come out”
  • I left her there while I went and got my camera to take pictures
  • (I wouldn’t want her to think that her disobedience was ‘blog-worthy’)
  • I got my little man cleaned up, and then the mess

So be ready always to give an answer of the hope that is in you…

even if your patience is tested to the limit!

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Comments

  1. Rebecca says

    August 18, 2009 at 1:04 pm

    hahaha! Mommy said there’d be days like this, right? 😉

  2. J+M+S says

    August 18, 2009 at 2:09 pm

    It’s so funny that we stop to take pictures of these moments!!:)Love it!

  3. Traci~ Ordinary Inspirations for the everyday wife, mommy, and homemaker says

    August 18, 2009 at 3:03 pm

    I know… if it wasn’t for the camera, I think I’d cry 🙂

    Yes, Mama did say there would be days like this…. we’ll look back and laugh right?!? haha

  4. Missy says

    August 18, 2009 at 6:03 pm

    I have had those moments. Good for you and not letting the “mommy monster” come out. =)

  5. momstheword says

    August 18, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    Oh, goodness! At least you got a blog post out of it, lol! Did you sweep or vacuum it up?

    My older sister lived with us for awhile when the kids were little. She was sort of scatterbrained at that time, and once I left her with the kids and ran to the store.

    She totally forgot she was babysitting and left them alone. When I came home she was in her bedroom, and my youngest had got into the flour and spilled it all over the carpet in the family room.

    Things like this happened twice and after that I didn’t ask her to watch them anymore, lol!

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