Long Day

Tom is on the church board and he had a meeting all day today.  Last night I told him that I did not feel like single parenting all day Saturday.  When you go to bed dreading the next day, the next day does not typically start off well.  It didn’t.  Miller woke up at 4:45am, cried for a minute and then fell back to sleep until 5:45.  I finally got up and got him back to sleep while rocking him in the chair in his room.  I was afraid to put him back in his bed so I laid there and tried to get some sleep myself.  We finally both woke up, but I was very tired.  So now I am tired AND not looking forward to the day.  A very bad combination.  The kids were fine, for now.  I was just cranky.

I made breakfast while the kids played. Eventually Wilson did something wrong, as usual.  He does so many things without thinking.  Well, today he will remember the consequence.  He threw puzzle pieces around the downstairs.  I told him numerous times to pick them up but he didn’t.  It was time for the kids to go across the street to have pancakes with a friend as planned.  I didn’t let Wilson go over there until he found all of the pieces.  Needless to say, this took a while.  I told him to “just keep looking”. He missed out on pancakes across the street.  I stuck to my guns which was necessary and I think it he learned something from this long trial.

Today was definitely a rollercoaster ride: up, down, up down, up….I took the boys to Walmart (up), yelled at them when they didn’t get ready for the pool (down), the indoor pool was fun (up), they all cried when we left due to various reasons (down), when we got home Miller fell asleep and the others went to their rooms while I slept (up).

Finally, Tom got home to help with the kids and my mental stability.  We took the kids to Super Salad which is a buffet place that the kids love.  They eat more desserts than they do real food.  I didn’t care.  I just didn’t want to cook or clean up.  Dinner was great.  The kids were well behaved and we got to spend a little bit of family time together.  A good ending to a crazy day.  Attitude is everything and mine was as unpredictable as the kids’ behavior.  Alas, this is life with three young kids….

 


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