There is a distinct lack of good parenting going on.

I'm basically writing this post because I'm sick of looking at the last one.

I got to sub as chorister in Primary today. It is SO the place I wish I could be! Granted, I'm not in there for the weekly stressers, but still. I am so happy to be in there.

My entire family slept from 2:30 to 6:30 this afternoon. I woke up in the dark to Gabe crying in his room. The rest of the family trickled down shortly thereafter. We have had so many late nights and early starts over the past week. So, the kids are all jazzed up, and I want to lounge around and not be bothered. The usual activities we would shuffle them off to aren't really available due to incredibly lazy parents. I'll explain:

• It's the Sabbath, so they can't use the computer. Obviously, I can. And am.
• It's the Sabbath, so they can't watch tv. So Andy is watching it.
• Food is always a good distraction, but all the dishes are dirty and neither Andy nor I want to wash them.
• Playing in the living room is interfering with Andy watching tv.
• They love playing in the bath, but that would require either me or Andy to get up and go in the bathroom. Ain't gonna happen.

I just told them to go upstairs since now all the lights are on. It was an extreme effort for me to haul my sorry self up there to turn them on. Man, this is where a nanny would be extremely handy. The Mary Poppins kind who would "mold our young breed" as Mrs. Banks puts it. They'd be off tidying the nursery and learning all sorts of life lessons while we, as parents, went about without one clue as to what they were up to. Glorious.

I'd forgotten that the kids have new Primary classes next week. The girls were all excited about it after church today. It happens too quickly. (That might be vaguely connected to shuffling them off with Mary Poppins and having no clue about their lives.)