I had great intentions to sit down and write about the things that have been going on lately with Tucker and with life in general. We had a fun weekend that I was prepared to write all about....and then...my day happened!
Oh my word! My. Day. Today has not been my day. In fact -- it's been a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day! I woke up late. That's where it began. Okay, okay - so I didn't actually wake up late...but, I did get out of the bed late. Oops! If I'd have known the problems it could cause I'd like to think I'd have gotten right up when the alarm went off this morning! wink!
I'm fortunate enough to have a husband that gets that mornings can be a little chaotic trying to get the big kids ready for school and everyone fed (because in the morning at my house you would think that these 4 kids had never even had so much as a crumb in their life!) so he packs Dylan and Madi's lunches and he feeds the kids breakfast! Yay! All I have to do is pack their bags for the day - make sure folders are signed and in their bookbags, I put their lunch boxes in for them....all the stuff mommy's love to do! So, I'm doing my job (in a hurry since I'm behind this morning) when I realize that Madi and Dylan's bookbags have been sitting on the hook all weekend with no attention. No signed folders. No Friday folders had been checked. Even Friday's moldy yogurt was left in the snack bag! Gross! Overall, though...no biggie. I got it done. On time. After I get the kids out the door I decide I'm going to start over and today is going to be great! I have lots to get done today (because needless to say yesterday's checklist didn't get finished with everyone at home) and doing it with a bad attitude isn't the way I wanted to do it! I prayed for the Lord to help me stop, take a deep breath and realize that I can only do so much and what gets done is good enough! I put the little kids in the play room and I proceed to work on my first step of the day - getting the kitchen cleaned up. I've loaded the dishes and put away all of the stuff that was out from breakfast - I've wiped down the countertops and it just dawns on me that the boys are being so good! Hmmm...good? Maybe I should go make sure they are actually being good and not really really naughty. I walk in the play room and see no boys. Bella is playing nicely on the floor with a baby doll and I ask her where the boys are...she just kinda looked at me like "I'm not getting in the middle of it" - it's then that I realize that the window is open and the screen is busted out! Yep. You read it. The. Screen. Was. Busted. Out. My one and two year old have escaped through the window. Now the frantic mommy kicks in. Where are they? They can't be out there alone! What if they got hurt - after all, it's a pretty good drop from the window to the ground? I run outside and can't find them anywhere. Nowhere. Finally, it clicks. Dustin loves going up to see his Papa (he lives in the house in front of ours). I go running up there and there they sit. Dustin and Tucker sitting on Papa's porch with toy trucks. When Dustin saw me he grabs a bundle of flowers and says, "D'ese fowers for Mama." Are you kidding me? My two year old knows how to open the window and get out and then he is going to try to smooth it all over with flowers? Really? So, I scold him and tell him that what he did was dangerous and it scares Mommy. He says, "Sowwe, Mama. I not scare you anymore." If this were the end - my day may not be terrible, horrible or no good - just very bad. However, it doesn't end here. I fed the kids their snack and while they are having snack at the table I'm in the laundry room folding clothes - when my mom shows up with some goodies for me. I walked out to her car with her when she was leaving to grab one thing she had forgotten to bring in when my two year old thinks it would be funny to play another joke! He locked me out of our house. Locked. Me. Out. Who is this kid anyways? Well, wouldn't you know that in the 3 minutes that I am standing outside the bottom falls out. It started pouring. When I got back in the house it looked like I had taken a shower in my clothes. I didn't even get through the door good before I heard, "Sowwe, Mama, Sowwe." I feel like my morning came straight out of a movie. A movie titled, Dennis the Menace, to be exact.
I had to do lunch mom for Dylan's class today and I always have a sitter to come sit with the little kids so I don't have to drag them all out during nap time. I couldn't bring myself to leaving my "sweet" Dustin with a sitter today, so, I took him with me. He was very proud to tell Dylan's teacher, "I come school with Mama cause I not listen!"
For today I have decided that Tuesday is a wash and I will pick back up on Wednesday. As for Dustin and I - we're gonna take a nap!
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| Dennis - I mean Dustin! wink! |
I wanted to post a link to a dear friend of mines blog. Her and her husband are trying to raise money so that they can adopt a child (or maybe 2) from Africa. They would appreciate any donation you can give. Thank you!! :) http://watsonswackyworld.blogspot.com
1 comment:
Thank you for giving me a giggle this morning! That kid of yours sure is funny. Even funnier that he knew to follow it up with flowers :-)
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