What a day :)

Hello All, I am happy to see I have followers! Makes me feel special :) Today, was a typical day here in the Hollar House, one of the things I am starting to get used to is getting up before the Sun with Matthew ha ha. One thing I could always count on Madison for was sleeping in until 9-9:30, but Matthew has other plans. He likes to come into my room very very early get two inches from my nose and say.. "I want juice" in the wee hours of the day. I have learned to wake up about 10 minutes before he comes in so I am not scared to death every morning. But you gotta love his tenacity, the kid really never gives up on the juice hunt! Today was a learning experience for us all, I decided this morning that we weren't going to go through the day with chaos and whining and temper tantrums. Now, I know what you are thinking how do you prevent this from happening with a  3 year old and a 4 year old. It wasn't easy, and its a on going process. I made the decision as a parent to pray every time I feel the waters boil. I need the guidance from God desperately. I feel the change of moving to smaller quarters has been wearing on us all. The kids have definitely struggled with all of it, and even with being moved for 2 months now, its hard to get used to. So anyway back to my point, I need God to intercede, I need Him to calm me down and show us all how to handle every aspect of our lives. One thing I am guilty of is not following through with consequences. I am just a barking dog with no bite. So that changed today, we get one warning and a consequence follows if you are still being dis obedient. Let me just say, when you put God at the front of raising your kids, its like a brand new day! Now, I am not saying that they were perfect angels BUT I will say we worked out our differences in much healthier ways than in the past :) So, we will see how tomorrow goes! So now as I write this I can hear them giggling in their room, Matthew has the hiccups already from laughing so much and Madison with her high pitch squawk are just enjoying each others company. Its late I know they should be sleeping but that is a whole new ball game, something else we are "working" on. We are heading into a great weekend.. Leslie is here! a.k.a lafawnduh, my home slice :) We love our Aunt Leslie around these parts, and are so happy she is here to spend Kurt's big 3-0 with us. Good night all, we love you! and, remember praise God for everyday :)