Lately

It has been a little nutty lately at the Tinsley household...You are probably thinking...what day ISN'T nutty at the Tinsley household? You are right. My friends Kenny and Kim recently told us that our family should have its own reality show. While I think there would be some very funny moments on that show, there would also be way too many moments of me snapping at my children, getting frustrated and acting dumb...so we will just stick with the blog! I really could come up with a million reasons why I haven't posted, but I don't know why, I just haven't thought of anything to say! Anyway...all excuses aside, I haven't posted in a really long time and now February is almost over....just a few more hours... So, for your enjoyment, I hope to post several posts here. And thanks to my aunt Connie, for motivating me to write something tonight!



We got up on a Saturday morning and leisurely got ready to go to the big city to do some shopping and get the girls' flower dresses sized (thanks Aunt Deborah!!) Let's just say it was one of "those" mornings. It wasn't a bad morning, but a morning where we really shouldn't have let the youngest two girls out of our sight. First thing, Autumn came through and saw S and A together, and A immediately ran off. S stood and looked at Autumn with a sly grin and said something like, "She's just going back there.....she's not feeding the dogs."
Right....like we are going to believe that one. If S looks at us with a mischievous grin and tells us that A isn't doing something, it probably means she is doing something. And what is so wrong with A feeding the dogs???
Well......
That is S's chore. Yes, little miss S knows exactly how to get her older sister to do her chore for her.....which brought us the opportunity to once again discuss what the word manipulation means!

A little later in the morning (while still getting ready for the day) Autumn once again walks in to S with a little red something on her face...


"S...did you lick the icing from the bottle?"
"No....why?"

"S...tell me the truth, did you eat the icing?"

"No...."

OBVIOUSLY she did not look in the mirror and obviously she thinks we are pretty clueless. Aaagghhh...it is SO frustrating when you KNOW that your child did wrong, when you KNOW that all they need to do is to admit it, ask for forgiveness, and move on. It is SO frustrating...and yet, when I say this out loud, I realize something....that is EXACTLY how our heavenly Father, God, must feel about us. How many times do we try and hide things from the Lord, knowing that he created us, knows everything about us, and knows everything....that He is waiting with open arms, wanting to help us learn from our mistakes, and the only thing keeping us from getting past our mistake, is our own selves....yes...thank you S for this lesson...And Lord, please let me be more like you. Give me patience, wisdom, and grace!