Okay, so here we are having another Sunday at our house. Having grown up with really strict parents and not a lot of young boys, I remember quiet and calm Sundays with no wrestling, kicking, tackling, yelling, or anything of the kind. I, however, have these two young crazies who can't sit still for more than two seconds. In fact, I can remember going over to Abby's house a couple of weeks ago to see her girls very quietly sitting and doing puzzles and games together. So I, of course, thought that we could try that at our house. Not going to happen. We did try it and guess what happened? Gray wanted to taste each crayon to see what they tasted like and Jackson decided to try to shoot hoops with the crayons. Hey, if you can't get your hands on a real ball, you've got to work with what you've got right? I gave up . . .

It's only 10:00 AM at our house and already we have wrestled, had a pretzel fight, spitting competition and played the always fun game of seeing who can catch and tackle Addie first, much to Addie's dismay. I have also had to ask the boys to please put the basketballs away maybe 50 times. Church is at 11:00. . .

So here's my question, what do you guys do on Sunday's to keep some sense of quiet and calm at your houses? I think I've come to a compromise with my boys that if we can have quiet activities until church, then we can shoot hoops after. Now let's see if we can make it through Sacrament without yelling "you're a poopy diaper!" really loud. . . .