One of these particular nights I was rushing the kids through the bedtime routine to reach my destination of me-time relaxation. As Ted crawled into bed he noticed Lambie was missing. Lambie is Ted's special stuffie that he has had since he was a newborn.
And Lambie seems to get lost A LOT. How is this even possible I ask you? We live in a 2 bedroom 1000 square foot apartment. Where does she go?
On this night I was fed up with Lambie's antics. What made the situation even more frustrating was the lack of help from my three year old. I would send him to the living room to look and find him getting out some toys to play with.
Then I laid on the threats. I warned Ted that if he did not help me I would not read him any stories that night. If we didn't find Lambie then Ted would just have to sleep without her. I yelled at him to help and then yelled at him to just go lie in his bed.... and so on.
As I was about to just give up Ted said, "Mom we need to pray to bring back the Holy Ghost."
I knew that was one of the moments when a child would lead me. We said a prayer to help us find Lambie. I made Ted say it.
And where do you think she was?
Under his pillow.
I would love to say that after that moment I was back to the kind loving mom I should always be but I was still tired and just ready to snap. Story time was not cancelled and I did my best to give Ted love and then I went off to bed.
Ted is an amazing child. One of the things Tyler mentioned in his baby blessing was that he would be an example to his brothers and sisters and I can definitely see that happening.
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