The Simple Things in Life

These days I believe that many people forget to stop and breathe. You've heard the old saying "Stop and smell the roses" but how many people actually do that? In my home we have eleven people. Yes, 11. Nine kids (my four his five) and two adults. It is always busy around here no matter what. In our household we seldom get time to ourselves so when he or I get a chance we try to take a breather. So sitting down to something as simple as a nice hot bowl of oatmeal or a hot cup of tea or coffee is a treat. Granted that moment may only last two or three minutes, but those are two or three minutes we have learned to treasure.

Children

Why is it that some children make things more difficult than they really are? My 8 year old daughter seems to try to make homework more difficult that it really is. She asks everyone for the answers and when we don't give them to her she tries asking if what she thinks the answer is is correct or not before she writes down the answer. And when we don't give in to that attempt to gain the answer without working, she argues, cries, "becomes distracted" or comes up with an ailment to avoid her homework. Don't get me wrong, I love my girl, but I wish she wasn't so stubborn when it comes to her homework.