Seriously... ?!?!?!?!

The joys of having children...

I know it's been forever since I updated, and I know I need to work on that (because you guys are SUPER interested in what I have to say on here), but this whole "working full time" thing has sort of put a damper on my blog life. It's not that I don't want to blog, or even that I have nothing to blog about - it's simply that I don't have TIME to sit down and blog.

This one, though, I had to share...

So there I was, catching up on other people's blogs while I had a few minutes to myself, when I hear a loudish "thud" in Joshua and Logan's room. I go in to investigate. Bear in mind that the current time is 9:18pm and their bedtime is 8:30pm. Plus it's a school night, AND I've been in there a dozen times telling them to stop messing around and go to sleep. I walk in the room and see that the contents of the pet net are all over the floor. I say "What the heck happened?" and Joshua responds with "Punish me." (while Logan makes it VERY clear that he was not the one who made the pets fall out of the net - that was all Josh). This "punish me" thing is Joshua's latest thing today. Rick and I caught him lying to us (about the same thing, but separately), and the only thing he had to say for himself was "Punish me. I don't care." And who lies about whether or not he watered the strawberries? It's not like I can't go back there and check him to know for sure! If you're going to lie, at least make it worth it!

I digress.

Anyhow, I'm still not sure how the contents of the pet net ended up on the floor. Let's just say I wasn't in the right mindset to go there tonight. I'm also deferring to Rick on the whole "punish me, I don't care" attitude. I'm not a fan and I'm not quite sure how to handle it, so Rick's going to "play that game" with Joshua. I'm pretty sure Joshua doesn't stand a chance in a battle of wills against his dad, but we'll see what happens. In the meantime, though, suffice it to say that I don't really like the current attitude. I'm sure it's normal, but it's kind of a pain...