Last night the kids asked if they could have a sleep over. This consists of all of the siblings sleeping in one room. I said yes they could “sleep over” at Charleigh’s but it was late so they only got “one chance” They understood this as meaning “keep your heads on your pillows and your feet to yourselves” It was already late so I told them if I had to come in and settle them down even once, then they would all go to their own bedrooms. In about 2 minutes Kaleb was kicking Joshua and Joshua was screaming and Charleigh was whining. I calmly went in and told them to go to their own beds; they had messed up their one chance. The boys got up with out a word, knowing they had no reason to argue they had but “one” chance and they had blew it.

After settling the boys in their own beds I turned off the light and walked down the hall, coming from Charleigh’s room was a sobbing like only a true drama queen can perform. I went in and asked her what was wrong and she sat up and boldly declared, “My God is a God of Second Chances! ”

(Apparently she had been watching Jonah a Veggie Tales Movie)

She threw her head into her pillow and repeated it over and over. I explained to her that while God has grace and compassion he also wants us to learn how to obey our parents and to learn that there are consequences for disobedience. Therefore the boys would get another chance to sleep over but it would not be that night.