Sam I Am (or not)

Sam was quoting Green Eggs and Ham "Do you like them in a train? I do not like them in a train" and I asked him "Are you Sam  I Am?" and he looked at me and said "No Mom, me just Sam". He was so serious like I didn't know who he was. 

He is feeling a little better today. His eye is still kind of red and he is still laying around a lot. We tried taking him outside and letting him play in the yard and ride on his John Deer tractor but after about twenty minutes he decided he wanted to come inside. We read some books and he was ready to lay back down on the couch. Thankfully he hasn't had anymore fever.

Tomorrow we are going to try Barron Road Baptist Church in Keithville Louisiana. It is about 25 to 30 minutes from the house! It's a smaller church than Baptist Tabernacle and a little more traditional. We're hoping we like it, if not then I think we'll just stick with Baptist Tabernacle for now. We like the church, we just wanted to be sure that is where God will have us. 

God is so good. Even though we truly do not deserve it. We had budget of 100 dollars for groceries this week. That is 50 dollars less than what we normal budget.  We just don't have it this week, but God provides and He is good! I made a list before I went in and unlike me I only swayed a little from what was on their. My sick one asked for chocolate cookies, so I picked some up and a couple of little things that were on sale. It seemed like most of the stuff we wanted or needed was on sale this week at the commissary.  I got to the register and was really thinking that the groceries would be between 130 and 150, I didn't know how on earth it was going to be under 100. I prayed the entire check out process and it totaled out to 100.28. I was relieved and said a thank you to the Lord,  then the lady behind the counter said "Let me run your coupons" and the total after that was 98 dollars.  I was so amazed that I almost started crying in the check out.  

I love seeing God work in everyday things. Even the little ones. 

Since Sam was born we have thought about discipline and what the best course of action is for a disobedient child.  We agree that different situations mean different disciplinary actions, but we just haven't felt right with spanking their bottoms. I usually let myself get worked up and am a yeller, so I've been asking the Lord to truly help us see the best way to handle our children, without spanking, without yelling. Neither seem to be effective right now.

I swore I would never do the 'counting to three' thing.  I had heard it say that this gives children control, but we have been using it the past two days and I am falling for this method. If I say something twice and they still do not listen then I stop, take a deep breath and tell the kids "If you do not quit by 3 you will go to time out (they hate time out)". I count slowly to three, this gives me time to get my emotions under control and if they are still not listening I pick them up and carry them to a time out corner where they sit and face the wall until I feel like they are calm enough to get up.

I believe the Lord is showing me and helping me control my feelings while teaching the kids that when they are disobedient there are consequences. It helps, now if I can just stay consistent because in the end it doesn't matter what disciplinary method you use nothing will work unless you are consistent!