Larry to the rescue!

Hitting. Stealing of toys. Throwing. Pushing. Hiding of toys. Yelling. Bossiness. Jealousy... This has been the constant all day long happenings of our home the last two weeks. It has not been the peaceful place God desires for us to have. It's been a place of turmoil & anger & of Satan (if I can be so honest).

So from the depths of despair, as Anne of Green Gables would put it (2 weeks is a long time, after all!), a few things will be changing around here (and may God grant me the energy & perseverance to carry it through):

Prayer. My kiddos need constant prayer. As sons of servants of God, they'll be assaulted in every way. I have a renewed resolve to cover my kids with God's presence.

Sugar. I have been checking out labels (novel idea, I know) and am appalled at how much sugar is in everything... especially in so-called kids' food. We eliminated some of Zeke's intake on Wednesday & saw a drastic change. Poor kiddo couldn't handle the onslaught of fake energy.

And individual attention. Since Jeremiah kicked the bottle, he hasn't taken a morning nap- i.e.: he's up when Zeke's up & takes a nap when Zeke does & goes to bed about the same time, too. Which spelled trouble where Zeke was concerned. He no longer had the 2 hr "mom time" in the morning. So. This is where Larry comes into the picture. I found a fun preschool website with free printable sheets (thanks Melinda for the idea!) which included Zeke's favorite characters: Bob the Tomato & Larry the Cucumber from Veggie Tales. And while Jeremiah was contentedly enjoying books all by himself (cause he's cool like that), Zeke & I sat at the table & learnt how to use "cut" (as he calls scissors), glue Larry together (yes, his mouth is covering his eye but that's where Zeke put it =] ) & overall enjoyed our little stolen moment of 'Pettit Preschool' =]

And so this posting has been put forth in faith that with the little things of change, my God will be faithful to touch this home & bring peace to it once more... filling us with His Spirit & the gifts that come with it: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Gentleness, Faithfulness, & Self Control =]