Fun lesson... I love being the mom

There are days that being the Mom are more fun then others. I would say today was fun, mostly because I got to teach my kids a fun lesson. I know that Alan had to go home teaching tonight, so I decided to have dinner ready about the time he got home from work. I thought that would make our evening be a little more calm. About ten minutes before I was expecting Alan home, I called upstairs and asked the children to come out and set the table for dinner. I then heard arguments that went like this. "I did it yesterday" "Its your turn" "I don't want to do it" "me either". I thought to my self, I could get mad and yell, or not. I instead called back up and said in a very nice voice, ok that's fine. Well Alan arrived home to find the table set for two. He smiled and looked at me then asked what was going on. I explained that our children decided that they didn't want to set the table so we would be having a nice quite dinner. He laughed and said sounds good. We enjoyed talking uninterrupted. What a treat. And as luck would have it, the kids decided to play upstairs and get along. (for once) About the time we where done eating, I thought my point would only be made if the kids caught us. So I did something that I was sure would get the kids attention with out actually calling them down. I went to the front door and rang the door bell :) It worked. All three came running, and we where busted. Just what I wanted. It was so hard to not bust up laughing when I saw their faces as they realized we where finishing our dinner, with out them. There was cries of "I'm hungry" "Don't we get to eat" "Where is our dinner". POINT SET MATCH!! What a great opportunity to teach them that when I ask them for help that they should do it. I think they have learned a very valuable lesson. We shall see.