Den Galna Familjen: Twins for sale.

Yes, that is how I felt yesterday. Both boys were up for grabs. Why, you wonder?

Well.. let me tell you what happened.

As we do not have a garage, an really no other good place to store things I don't really want these two 'angels' to get into, I have chosen to store some things in the trunk of my car. As it is lockable and gone most of the day..

One thing I have chosen to store there, is everything that goes to grilling. Charcoal, lighter fluid and of course the lighter itself.

So.. Yesterday I had prepared hamburger patties for the BBQ, and I went out to the car to get my stuff to start the grill going. But i could not find the lighters. I had two, one that was almost empty and one brand new. both were gone.

I am trying to look under the seats, thinking maybe they moved as I had been driving earlier in the day, but I can not find them. At that point my two girls are by the car. I ask them if they know anything about the missing lighters. Sophia said that she had overheard Jacob talking about them.

I spot Jacob across the street, and tell him to come home!!!

He realized at this point that he was found out. He slowly came across the street, I tell him to go get the lighters. He goes back to the school yard across the street. At this time, I am angry and worried.

What if they had tried to start a fire? All the bad scenarios goes through my mind. And I wonder how to handle this, both the obvious steeling and also the danger they put themselves in.

He comes back, with one lighter, the new one. Jonathan has been told by Jacob, I guess he didn't want to be accused alone.. I bring both of them inside and tell Sophia to go try to find the other lighter.

Inside I start lecturing. both about steeling and about the danger of playing with fire. I demand to find out who came up with the idea. They blame each other and get angry at each other for the blaming.

They claim to not have even tried starting a fire (yet). Sophia comes back, having found the older lighter. In pieces. Apparently they had taken it apart to try to find out how it worked. I demand to get the screw driver back. And reluctantly Jacob gives me the screw driver they had taken from Rich's tool box.

At this point I am at the end of my rope, I tell them to go to their room and stay there for the night. That I need to talk to 'daddy' about what to do and i leave them.

Rich called a bit later, I told him what had happened and we have decided to try to get one of the members of our ward, who is a police officer, to come and talk to them. Maybe even try to scare them a little if that can be arranged. This HAS to stop.

Another note...

These are my green beans plants. They are doing good!!