Have you ever felt like you are having a day where everything is just falling into place? The day starts good and ends good. You feel rested, your thoughts are organized, you had some laughs, your kids behaved well, and everything just feels real good. Then reality hits.
Tuesday I had an awesome day. Mentally I was on par and physically I felt great. As a mother of a 2 month old baby and 3 other children 6 years and under I tend to be tired alot because of my frequent night wakings. But Tuesday I felt great.
We attended my Mom's group in the morning and the twins did not even fuss about me leaving them. We had a awesome presentation on finances as well as some really good laughs. It was the kind of fellowship that makes me feel so blessed to be part of this group.
We grabbed some McDonald's on the way home (not so great for the diet but hey I break at times) arrived home and the kids got along really well for the rest of the day.
Everyone seemed to go to bed quite well which left time for me and my knitting.
Then Wednesday happened. Nothing in particular happened but it was a very different day than Tuesday and I wanted the "good" day back.
I have a sick 3 yr old and a sick 2 month old baby. Their coughs are horrible and I am seriously considering taking the baby in to the doctor to get checked out. It's not that he is having trouble breathing and he has been sleeping ALOT but it's not fun watching a little baby gag and cough and I am worried he may need attention now. The older one I can give him cough medicine...the baby I cannot.
I also felt extremely exhausted yesterday and as well this morning. I could just crawl right back in my bed (kids and all) and go right back to sleep. I am usually an early riser and once I am awake I stay that way, but not yesterday and I have a feeling today is the same.
My van is having it's own issues too and I cannot open one door. Since I forgot about it all night I imagine my battery is dead this morning because the door was slightly opened...enough for the lights to come on and then I could not budge it. This all happened when I took the kids to school yesterday and went bowling with the preschool. It also happens to be the door I take the baby in and out and the older two get in this side to go to their seats in the back. Yup, it was not fun taking baby in and out of the opposite door and trying to do up a carseat while being folded in half.
The kids fought whenever we were home. The twins fought constantly yesterday....usually they play really well together. Then when you add in a bossy 6 yr old and everyone is tired from school it just got ugly as did I.
Sam somehow managed to poop all over the bathroom floor while I was nursing the baby. I had to stop nursing and go clean it up because according to my 6 yr old it was being spread everywhere!!! He was right by the way.
I fed the kids supper at 4:30, which none of them ate. Then while they played downstairs for 10 minutes I laid on the sofa and drifted off for 20 seconds but it felt good anyway.
It was a tough battle to get everyone off to bed and of course early to bed early to rise so we have been up since 5 a.m. It's still cold outside...-34 Celsius and I just know it's going to be a LONG day. As I have stated many times before my children NEED to be outside part of the day as do I. My oldest gave it a go yesterday but only lasted 15 minutes. We will try again today if it warms up. I have to get creative and think of some things for them to do or I will be making many trips onto my deck to breathe in cold air and calm down.
As I finish this my 3 yr old daughter has demanded we play Candyland NOW......sigh....it's only 7 a.m.
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