Child Actors in the Making

Well today was fun. The boys are going to be the stars in an upcoming skit/film for the church. It goes with the family series the pastor is doing and it should be great. The boys were supposed to "act" really terrible, ya know, showing them being in control of the household and all that. It was comical really. The sad thing? They were just acting as their normal stinker selves minus the tears and hits. So in a sense, they actually behaved better than normal. That is just plain sad. Don't get me wrong it't not like we have no control over them. But it is just hard when the discipline is so inconsistant, which is what happens when Grampy, Grammy and the grandkids live in the same household. So tears and hits will naturally come when they do get in trouble with things they sometimes don't get in trouble for. Things are getting a little bit better as of recently though. We've been really putting our foot down with the time-outs, which has been helping some. Regardless of how stinkerish they are at times, I adore the little rascals. They really were good at following directions for the acting once they got warmed up though. Can anyone say child stars turned reality hasbins??? I think not.