Do you ever have those days or moments where you just don't even care anymore? Nothing major, just exhaustion from trying to keep up with 2 little ones. About 4:00 today I just sat on the stairs and suddenly didn't even care to pick up after the girls for the hundredth time or tell Emily to stop messing around or sitting on Bri or whatever she was doing. I was tired of dealing with Bri throwing shoes down the stairs, Emily flushing the toilet over and over, Bri's nose continually running, Emily riding on Bri like a horse, Bri throwing food on the floor during every meal, Emily taking her clothes off, Bri not going to sleep when I thought she should, . . . you get the idea. I'm sure all you moms know exactly what I'm talking about. We all couldn't wait for dad to get home tonight. Then after dinner Jer headed to an appointment and I loaded the girls up and went to Step class at the Y. I figured if they were still going to be awake someone else could deal with them for an hour, right? When I returned to pick them up at "Kidstuff", Emily was coloring at a table with about 6 other kids (why can't she do that at home?) and Bri was standing by the door waiting for mom to return (it was her bedtime and she was ready.)
After I put Bri to bed, Emily and I went outside for our evening ritual of playdough and ice cream.
Emily and I have had a lot of fun together this summer. The other night we painted toenails together for the first time.
We also have had fun playing outside in the baby pool and sprinkler. The other day I was getting ready to fill her pool and was just about to put Bella in the house (I wasn't really in the mood for a wet dog who is shedding profusely right now), when Bella stood by the pool and gave me those puppy dog eyes, saying "Don't make me go inside, please?" I thought, oh well, what harm could be done. I have hardly heard Emily laugh so loud in her life than when she was filling the pool with the hose and Bella was drinking the water. They were having a ball together. It was hilarious to watch the 2 of them.
As much as Emily was driving me crazy today, I don't know what I'd do without my little girl with the adorable eyes and "innocent" grin. :)
2 comments:
How sweet! Yes, we can all relate to those "crazy" days, but fortunately God gives us enough of the really good days to outweigh the crazy ones. I take it that since Emily was eating ice cream in the picture, you were either playing with or eating playdough! Not! Have a really GOOD day today.
I loved the beginning of this post! I have had several days like that lately...I just felt so tired, it was all I could do to just feed and clothe the kids! This is where I think blogs are so helpful. When we are transparent about the ups and downs of raising kids, we all end up feeling better, knowing that other moms are going through the same things and we're not the only crazy one out there!
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