More Than Words: Normal, every day life

So, basically, when we become a mother, our idea of what is normal is turned completely upside down. Our life used to be orderly, clean, and made sense. Now, everything is sticky. By the time we finally get to finish folding all of the laundry, our kids have outgrown some of the clothes. Conversations sound like this,

Mommy: "It's time to take a bath."
Sarah: "Why?"
Mommy: "Because you're dirty."
Sarah: "Why?"
Mommy: "Because you spent hours outside, jumping in puddles, playing with chalk, and squishing caterpillars."
Sarah: "Why?"

It gets tiring.

During our family worship time, we used to do detailed research on Bible topics, talk about our goals in life and how to achieve them, study in a quiet setting. Now we all run around in bathrobes and oversized tee-shirts pretending to be Rahab and the spies. We set up big cardboard boxes and then knock them down, calling them the "walls of Jerico." Yes, people. This is the new normal.