This morning was one of "those" mornings. We all have them. Some more than others. Especially if mornings aren't your thing. Mine started with a 3 year old up at 7:00 AM. His "sleep was all gone." Or so he says. 7:00 AM is fine. Well it really isn't. Considering it was probably close to 10:00 before he fell asleep. You know what that means? Cranky little boy by 11:00 AM. Put him down for a nap you say? Well,naps are becoming far and few in this house. He's never been much of a boy that needed lots of sleep to begin with. (Unlike my girl who would sleep until lunch time.) Some days I don't even like to fight for the nap and today we have enough going that it isn't even an option. On a happy note...my hubs was awake and made the boy oatmeal so I stole a few more minutes of shut eye. Not long though. If you have ever met my boy aka Moose his volume level is off the charts so generally if he's awake everyone else is too. Oh and did I mention I woke up in the same clothes I wore all day yesterday? Yep! That's right! Bra and all. Don't judge!
After breakfast Moose headed to the bathroom. Yay! Cheers! We are potty training so I'm always happy when he heads there without any prodding. P.S. He prays that he can pee and poop in the potty. Not only at home but at church! Lets just say he needs all the help he can get! After a few minutes half naked boy walks down the hall with a pair of tweezers in his hand. He claims that something got dropped in the toilet. Yay! Cheers! (Can you sense the sarcasm?) I'm so excited to find out what it is. It was...finger nail clippers. Mixed in with the pee and poop! I wasn't sure if that was something I could flush down the toilet. I didn't dare chance it so I found some rubber gloves and fished them out of the toilet and straight to the trash. On a happy note....he hadn't yet tried to fish them out himself with the tweezers. I'm ever so grateful for that!
Well after my morning of fishing I realized that it was beyond time to wake my daughter aka Bugaboo, Kam Bam, Kamaroo,and Shortcakes for school. As I mentioned above that she likes her sleep so getting her out of bed in the morning is a chore. Well except of course on Saturday and Sunday when she's up at the butt crack of dawn with her brother Moose. Why is that? Bug has this thing (like I'm sure most girls do) about having her little brother in her room. It drives her crazy! In fact, her room and the bathroom are the only 2 rooms in the house with door knob covers on the door knob. I don't even have one! And Moose...well he doesn't even have a door. But that's another story. Each morning while waking Bug, Moose Man sneaks in her room in hopes of snagging a polly pocket or a barbie without getting busted. Actually we're trying really hard to learn to "ask" before we take. This morning he really wanted a barbie and a brush. Bugs was adamant that he not have one and then the tears and whining from the 3 year old begins. Oh joy! Music to my ears. (Again..sense the sarcasm?) FINALLY, big sister decided to share. I was so proud and gave her hugs and kisses and laid it on thick! I really wanted her to know she had done the right thing!
Okay...so now we're moving on to getting dressed. The days of tights and skirts are gone at our house. Cry! I beg and plead but most days she ends up in pants. Which might I add that most of her pants are getting holes in the knees and too tight. Please hurry summer! I'm begging! First pair of pants were a no go. Waaay too tight! (They really weren't.) Second pair of pants...too tight! Again, not really. FINALLY dad intervened and we found a pair of pants to make everyone happy. Hooray for the intervention! Sometimes I get so uptight and frazzled about the time that I waste more time arguing and trying to convince her to wear the pants I got out. Am I the only one?
So, all in all the morning wasn't THAT bad. It could have been worse. But for about 30 minutes I was about ready to pull my hair out. On a happy note...Bugs got off to school on time and Moose and I are going to her school to have lunch with her today. That should be fun right? It may make for another funny blog post. And Moose and I settled down and played a game of Chutes and Ladders. See...there is always a happy ending to a crappy story! There is always a silver lining around every cloud. There is always a rose among the thorns! You get the idea!
After breakfast Moose headed to the bathroom. Yay! Cheers! We are potty training so I'm always happy when he heads there without any prodding. P.S. He prays that he can pee and poop in the potty. Not only at home but at church! Lets just say he needs all the help he can get! After a few minutes half naked boy walks down the hall with a pair of tweezers in his hand. He claims that something got dropped in the toilet. Yay! Cheers! (Can you sense the sarcasm?) I'm so excited to find out what it is. It was...finger nail clippers. Mixed in with the pee and poop! I wasn't sure if that was something I could flush down the toilet. I didn't dare chance it so I found some rubber gloves and fished them out of the toilet and straight to the trash. On a happy note....he hadn't yet tried to fish them out himself with the tweezers. I'm ever so grateful for that!
Well after my morning of fishing I realized that it was beyond time to wake my daughter aka Bugaboo, Kam Bam, Kamaroo,and Shortcakes for school. As I mentioned above that she likes her sleep so getting her out of bed in the morning is a chore. Well except of course on Saturday and Sunday when she's up at the butt crack of dawn with her brother Moose. Why is that? Bug has this thing (like I'm sure most girls do) about having her little brother in her room. It drives her crazy! In fact, her room and the bathroom are the only 2 rooms in the house with door knob covers on the door knob. I don't even have one! And Moose...well he doesn't even have a door. But that's another story. Each morning while waking Bug, Moose Man sneaks in her room in hopes of snagging a polly pocket or a barbie without getting busted. Actually we're trying really hard to learn to "ask" before we take. This morning he really wanted a barbie and a brush. Bugs was adamant that he not have one and then the tears and whining from the 3 year old begins. Oh joy! Music to my ears. (Again..sense the sarcasm?) FINALLY, big sister decided to share. I was so proud and gave her hugs and kisses and laid it on thick! I really wanted her to know she had done the right thing!
Okay...so now we're moving on to getting dressed. The days of tights and skirts are gone at our house. Cry! I beg and plead but most days she ends up in pants. Which might I add that most of her pants are getting holes in the knees and too tight. Please hurry summer! I'm begging! First pair of pants were a no go. Waaay too tight! (They really weren't.) Second pair of pants...too tight! Again, not really. FINALLY dad intervened and we found a pair of pants to make everyone happy. Hooray for the intervention! Sometimes I get so uptight and frazzled about the time that I waste more time arguing and trying to convince her to wear the pants I got out. Am I the only one?
So, all in all the morning wasn't THAT bad. It could have been worse. But for about 30 minutes I was about ready to pull my hair out. On a happy note...Bugs got off to school on time and Moose and I are going to her school to have lunch with her today. That should be fun right? It may make for another funny blog post. And Moose and I settled down and played a game of Chutes and Ladders. See...there is always a happy ending to a crappy story! There is always a silver lining around every cloud. There is always a rose among the thorns! You get the idea!
3 comments:
I am having one of those morning TODAY! :) and we aren't even going anywhere because both kids are sick. sigh. (minus the toilet issue.)
so, no, you are not alone.
Ah man, it's as if I was there....I could picture it all...every minute of it! :)Of coarse I loved it!!
His dad always said, "My sleep is all gone" Like father like son :O
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