Card Carrying certified member of the mean mom's club

Or at least that's what my kids think! Each morning we have a horrible ride to school- yes we are still in school for another week. FIghting, arguing, whining. Most of it stems from Jared "copying". Yeah that innocent sweet face is quite diabolical. He knows just how to get his brother and sister. So anyways, this morning started out the same. I thought I was going to lose it...but then I think I may have stumbled on to something. I told them that if they didn't stop fighting I was going to make them sing Primary songs all the way to school! I know horrible punishment- I told you I am a mean mom. That was answered by a chorus of whining. but promising to be good. Not 2 minutes later it started again (i want to know why my children are the devil, but that is a different story). So I turned on the Primary songs from this year on my ipod and told them to start singing. Well of course no one wanted to and Jared thought this whole thing was hilarious. I was persistant though and a very grouchy and grumbly version of "I am a child of God" ensued. I thought that maybe I had made a bad decision and I was going to make my children despise Primary music but then something happened. About halfway through the song the voices changed from scary monsters to beautiful angels. Then for the next 2 songs they tried to sound as pretty as possible. We pulled up to school as "If the Savior Stood Beside Me" was ending. All the kids had smiles on their faces and the car was calm. Who knew? So I think I may have something here. Not only will my car be quiet and calm on the way to school, but if it's not and they start fighting again, my kids will know all the songs by the time the program rolls around this fall. I had the smugest grin all the way home- I do have moments of genius sometimes. Of course this only happened once, we'll see how Monday goes!