Make Me Laugh, Make Me Cry

My kids, like all kids, have the potential to make me a stark raving lunatic at times. When you have tried asking, tried time out, tried yelling and they still keep doing it (or not doing it). Yes, I have those finer parenting moments too. Too often, really.

But luckily for me, my kids also make me laugh. Really hard. And they make me smile those awwwww smiles. And they make my heart swell with pride.

So naturally, they should be documented.

Benson doesn't like to say the prayer and we have a hard time getting him to do it. But we finally convinced him one day at dinner. I was helping but he interjected many of his own concerns. "Please bless the turtles. Keep them safe. Help them be healthy." He would repeat a few of my phrases and then remind me again of the turtles. "Please bless the turtles. Don't let them die." This went on the entire prayer and it was really hard to keep a straight face.