How Can You Get Mad...

For those of you who know my children, you know that Emily is laid back and my little free spirit. Chandler on the other hand is straight to the point, and sees in black and white, there is no in between. I have been trying to get both of my children to clean their rooms for several days. It was too the point that I was going to pull everything out of their rooms to make them clean them. Finally, Saturday, they decided to mind me and clean. All was going well until I noticed that Chandler was missing. I thought maybe he had sneaked outside, so I went looking for him. I called and called and no answer. I just knew that he had gone down the street to his friend's house without telling me. I was MAD! As I walked back into the house to check for him one more time, Chandler started to walk out of his room. I asked him what he had been doing and why he wasn't cleaning his room. With a straight face, he looked at me and said, "Momma, I was reading my bible." I tried to look at him with a straight face, but began to laugh. How in the world could I get onto him for reading his bible instead of cleaning his room, "No Chandler, you are not supposed to be reading your bible, you are supposed to be cleaning your room", is the absolute wrong response! I was at a loss for words...that's my Man. All business, all the time.