Be the Love
We got home from skiing around 4pm. After not helping at all to unload the car, the kids were all asking for a snack. I told them "no," as we had JUST stopped at the bakery and gotten them all a sizable treat. "No one needs to eat anything until dinner." "OK," they all said, and they went to the basement to watch a movie. I went downstairs after a few minutes, and lo and behold they were getting snacks out of the pantry down there. It was about this time I also happened to notice that one of the pillows on the couch was ripped. The aftermath of the pillow fight they were having with their friends, that I had specifically asked them to refrain from, a few days prior. A picture frame was also broken during that same pillow fight. I realize that neither a torn pillow nor a broken picture frame are a big deal, but I cannot count all of the things that have been broken in this house when their friends are over and they are all roughhousing. It's frustr...