Therapy session #4939

Tomorrow is a new day, THANK GOD! I went to bed last night telling Kent, "Tomorrow will be a good day, I am going to enjoy the kids, play games, do puzzles and spend quality time with them." This was after our day of cleaning out the "art closet." I finally decided the hall closet could no longer be an art closet, it just wasn't working for me. Play-dough, paint, markers...etc. were not meshing well with my coats that were hanging in there. SO, I pulled everything out and started fresh. This took the entire day. The poor kids had to stay away while I tried to weed through all of the special projects that they didn't want thrown away. It was stressful to say the least. We made it through and I was glad for a fresh, new day, today..... a good work out and no clients today.... just some snuggle time with my kids.

This is just a typical day for all of you moms out there, I just need to vent and let you know you're not alone....when you see a frazzled mom with lots of little tots, please smile at her and give her some hope! (Instead of looking at her in disbelief like she's the worst mom out there).

It started out ok.... it snowed! We had a nice breakfast, got Brayden to school and headed to the YMCA. Ellie chose to not be safe in the parking lot and refused to hold my hand, lovely, great, perfect. I had to carry her like a sack of potatoes while I was holding Dani's hand for dear life so she couldn't bolt. I drop the girls off in the daycare and immensely enjoy my work out. I pick the girls up, they're as chipper as can be and the second we walk out, Ellie AGAIN refuses to be safe. This is a big issue for me, I get very upset when she is deliberately naughty and it's a safety issue. I got her in the car and she proceeds to SCREAM the entire way home, why? Who the hell knows? Maybe she had the wrong colored panties on, maybe she had a hang nail, maybe she just wanted to drive me nuts!! When we got home, she said, "I don't want to be a naughty girl." Do we really have a hormone/drama issue at this age, that she can't control? It's def. looking that way.

The whole morning I was thinking, 'they must be really tired, they're being so naughty, they'll have a good nap today.' Not so much. They were bold enough to turn on their bedroom light and play and cook and build. I frown upon this, but really if they're safe in their room, who cares? It's when they walked out into the living room and said, "What are you doing? I'm all done sleeping." This is a REAL problem.

I decided to make good use of this no napping thing and loaded the kids up to go downtown for an errand. I stopped in the Gap to try on some things, and

Ellie shouts, "What's on your panties?"
Me: "Stripes."
Brayden (screaming): "Those are really beautiful panties mom!"

Really it just goes on and on.....one of those days, but it concluded tonight BACK at the YMCA. I was enjoying reading my book and watching Brayden in his swim lesson when somebody POOPED in the pool. That's it, lesson over! Seriously? We have 15 more minutes of this peace before I have to go unleash (take home) my darling daughters.

We are now in a battle to get jammies on.....tomorrow has to be better right?

*Smile Mommys, these are the best years of our lives!*