FHE

So----we did one of those working Family Home Evenings and started the yard work (I always HATED these as a kid but now I love them). I realize we are about 2 weeks too late but whatever..........anyway we are mowing, edging, picking up the one million sticks and cleaning out flower beds. At one point our kids job was to pick up all the weeds and stuff we were pulling out of the beds and put them in buckets and go dump them in the garbage. All was going well.....not too much whining and then Tracy and I realized it had been like 5 min since they went 30 yards to dump their buckets. So....we hollered and they came running. We asked where they were and Hayden's said, "Nowhere" and Anna (knowing she better not lie) said, "Eating the big cookie that is in the garbage can." WHAT!!!!!! (side note: for Tracy's birthday 2 weeks ago his employees bought him one of those enormous chocolate him cookies that is decorated from the grocery store). We did not eat much of it because the really was not good. So I threw it in the garbage a few days ago. My kids were eating it out of the garbage. OH MY GOSH!! It had been in the OUTSIDE garbage for at least 3 days. So......I started using the mother tone and asking why they would do something so dumb and Hayden goes, "Mom I didn't eat any...that is gross." Just as he finishes the sentence I look up at him and he looks at me and he has frosting all over his face. Seriously----if you are going to lie to your mom about eating a frosted cookie---wipe the frosting off your face. So I ask him, very calmly, "then what is that on your face?" He looks at me and goes, "Uh Oh...I'll go to my room for telling a lie." He punished himself. I was like oh no mister man. You get to stay out her and do more work.....not go lie on your cushy little bed and get out of this yard work. HEE HEE HEE..........they walked away and Tracy and I could not stop laughing, gagging, but laughing so hard. Where did I go wrong?????????????