Let the Battle Begin!

Before you read, a little side note, I am not writing very well today because it has been a long day (but a good day), and I am tired.  

Today, the battle started, and I am going to win!  It seems that I have been overwhelmed with all the things I have to get done, and I have been slacking with discipline.  Well, today I realized that enough is enough.  This morning I laid out all the kids clothes for church, and then I told them to get dressed.  Actually, Andreya got dressed before I asked her too, mainly because she wanted to wear a certain outfit.  Christyne got dressed when I asked her to.  But Ayden just decided to do other things.  I asked him several times while I was trying to get other things ready, and I was not going to be late for church.  I was sick of it, so instead of yelling or getting angry I just told the kids that it was time to go.  So we grabbed our stuff and headed out.  Ayden suddenly wanted to get dressed.  I told him that it was too late, and he had to go in his PJs.  He did not like that at all.  He started to freak out.  He said he wasn't going to church, etc.  So I put my stuff in the car and then I came in and picked him up and carried him out to the car.  He was very upset.  

Because he was so embarrassed to be seen in his PJs, we missed sacrament.  I had to practically drag him into church.  The girls made it, but we didn't.  When we finally made it into church, he was so embarrassed that he just wanted to hide under the bench.  Finally we convinced him to sit on the pew.  What a great punishment.  No yelling, no spanking, complete humiliation with out being embarrassed about anything too horrible.  This is the first step to get my kids back on track.  

Well, maybe it is the second.  Yesterday, my good friend Amber invited us over to play Wii.  She got it for her birthday, and we were all going to play it.  I gave my kids hours to clean their rooms.  Ayden's room was clean, but the girls just would not do it.  I even went in there for about 10 minutes and threw out a bunch of old toys, and put stuff in piles to make it easier.  I did half the work in 10 minutes.  No, no interest in getting it done.  So when it was time to go to the "Wii party", Ayden and I just left. Ossil was as home, so it worked out nicely.  Oh, when they heard me tell Ayden to get his shoes on and it was time to go, they suddenly realized I was serious.  And started cleaning their room really fast.  They didn't get it done in time, so they could not go.  After about an hour at Amber's house, Ossil called me and said that their room was clean and they wanted to come.  I let them come.  I think that was a mistake.  Next time, once I leave, it is too late.  

We will see how it goes.  I am not giving in.  I can't get lazy with it any more.