Grounded!

Dakota got a new doll in the mail from her Aunt Deborah and Uncle Patrick yesterday for her birthday. She was so excited and I had not seen her play with dolls for awhile as she normally is seen with toy cars and trucks. (The results of boys in the house!) She read to her doll and sang to her doll and then I heard a "you are not being nice!" and she took her doll to her room and put the gate up and grounded her. All I could think was OUCH! That is her viewpoint of motherhood? :) Don't you just love seeing yourself in another's eyes? I know there were times Dakota defnitely needed that time out as we have been through quite a few toddler moments, but you hate realizing what you look like in doing so. I know there are times she will need a time out again, but I am convicted to listen to how I go about in doing so.

Proverbs 3:11-12

" My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline

and do not resent his rebuke,
because the LORD disciplines those he loves,

as a father [b] the son he delights in. "