Sundays for us are more chaotic than I'd like to admit. Our day starts at around 8 am, when Harrison starts squealing for someone to come release him from the bars of his crib. We really only have church going on, on Sundays, but for some reason my children like to be extra "rambunctious." Thats a nice way to put it. I find myself dreading this morning during the week because by the time we are loading up the car with bottles, crackers, and books to keep these two entertained during church, they are both throwing their own fits because I put Olivia's shoe on wrong or Harrison got the piece of cracker he shoved in his mouth taken away. Once we make it, Daniel and I look at each other thinking why are we doing this to ourselves and why don't we just stay home and let our kids watch Peppa Pig?
I know you all can relate, whether you're a parent or not. You know how life can be stressful at times and even feels like you should just give up because it's just too hard. The point I am trying to make is that even though I might want to secretly scream at my child throwing a fit in public (who does she think she is! HAHA) I realize that even in these "rough" times we should be able to enjoy it because honestly it's pretty funny watching a 2 year old flail their body on the ground about not being able to drink out of the drinking fountain. There is happiness in everything and it's just a matter of if we choose to enjoy it or not.
I agree- my son is only 2 months old, but his Saturday nights are always "out of wack", making it hard to get up for church on Sundays. We just have to remember that they are young and it won't always be like this. I see you went for the pixie cut... very cute!
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I agree. Seriously, if only our kids realized how ridiculous they look sometimes. I've been known to record the 8 yr old AND the 4 yr old with my phone and make them watch it when they calm down. At that point, they realize how insanely crazy they just acted. Obviously, your kids are a bit young to understand that.. but in the future it could work. ;) There are just so many happy, wonderful moments of being a mama that seem to make up for the crazy, i-wanna-pull-my-hair-out-and-sell-my-kids-on-ebay moments!
ReplyDeleteI have so much respect for my mom friends now. We have my boyfriend's daughter twice a month and I haven't made it to church with her once! It's so hard!
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