After a break of almost 3 weeks, I hardly knew what to expect with starting up school again today. In the past after breaks, I have usually had to put up with several days of arguing about "Do we have to do school?" "Can we have an easy day?" "I don't want to do school." and on and on.

So I prayed a lot over the weekend - not so much that the kids wouldn't argue as that I wouldn't respond with impatience or anger regardless of how much they argued or tried to bait me.

And God gave me a day with very little arguing - Praise Him! Isn't it amazing how He works in our kids' hearts when we have our hearts right with him?!