Distractions or Blessings??

I haven't been on here for a long time, and my Book Club kind of flopped.  It was really good for me and I didn't stop reading my conference talks during the time I wasn't posting.  It was just another thing to add to my day and schedule, so I took it out.

 I decided the other day, there was an observation that I needed to keep in mind and get down so that I could read it over and over and remember.

Okay, so I have been pretty guilty(that's pretty AND guilty :) of looking at my kids as distractions from all the things I am trying to get done in MY day.  When my day is full, then they decide not to take a nap or throw a fit and I think "why TODAY?" The other day I had my scrapbooking night to get ready for and I was babysitting in the morning and running into town to check on set-up for our craft fair.  After we got home I was so amazed that the kids had been so great all morning.  I asked Olivia to take a nap instead of telling her that she would be taking a nap after lunch.  I talked to Thayne and reminded him that if he took a nap then he would get to have a movie party that night.  I was calm, they were calm, it was all CALM.  AMAZING!!  Way too often I have been trying to do all of MY things and not taken that time.  I NEED to do it.  I NEED to remember that they share that day, it is THEIR day too, and this is my one chance with them.  I feel like they each are blessings in my life and that my time with them is short.  They aren't distractions that came along to mess up my plan on earth.  They ARE the plan, they are the reason.  Love you guys, Boo-Boo, Lou-Lou, Sue-Sue, Roo-Roo, and little Doo  :)