I first noticed this when I was sitting in the car waiting for Neill to be finished at the dentist and was working on a post for this very blog and I was going on about how waiting in the car with a 3 year old and a 1 year old can either go really well or really bad and I was saying how this time was one of the good times when BAM good times over total colossal melt down begins and there you have it the good time turns bad and the dramatics in my mind begins. But then a whole 3 minutes later and I look at Kaleb who is obviously just bored out of his skull sitting there smiling and Kenzie who had just been screaming bloody murder sound a sleep and BAM bad time turns to perfect moment! So really overall the wait in the car today was a great one! Kaleb was hilarious and informs me that his father was a very bad boy today while I was at the barn and was coloring ALL over the walls and that he should be in trouble. I couldn't help but let a giggle out at that! Then to help ease his boredom he helped me clean up the car a little (my car looks a bit like a garbage can at the moment, not proud of it but lets me honest its the least of worries these days!) So three granola bars, half a dozen hand fulls of chips and a million questions later and Neill is finally done in the dentist office. Poor guy has had the week from hell last week just to have to turn around and go back to get more work down on his mouth (lesson to be learnt DON'T wait like 15 years to go to the dentist). So of course Kaleb is thrilled to see his dad but informs him that he should speak english like him and not french because its to hard to understand. (he was speaking english but was still very frozen so was hard to understand) Of course I couldn't control my laughter and we laughed until I cried what a kid he always as something witty to say!!
So we've all been feeling under the weather and my youngest brother was here with us and when I have company I became like an accessory to my furniture so nothing and I mean nothing had been done in the means of housework so after a morning and most of the afternoon spent running around. I had to squeeze in the housework before my sweet lil peanut decides that OK that's enough hold me now! So I used my super mommy powers and turned a simple music station into the motivation to get things done and all the while watching kaleb flop around like a fish, he has a very UNIQUE interpretation on dance!! I also learnt today that Kenzie has official reached the DON'T TAKE YOUR EYES OF THE BABY phase. I was reaching the end of the cleaning frenzie the apartment was becoming more and more presentable with every second and BAM I find kenzie climbing on top of the cooler with no regards to how close to edge she is. Of course had this been Kaleb I would think nothing of it he's huge but Kenzie weighs 17 lbs soaking wet. So of course after I make sure she is safe I grab the camera in hopes she does it again so I can properly document her little escapades and of course right back up she went!! Score I learnt my lesson and I got pictures yay I couldn't ask for more right :)
I sent Neill a txt msg today saying that today sucked and using other colorful words basically saying that I wanted the day to be over all because of a simple glass of spilled milk. Kaleb spilled his glass of milk onto my saddle and I was very mad and poor little fart knew it. I don't know if it was because he seemed so upset or if my earlier internal monologue had actually stuck but no sooner then I hit send on the phone I went this is stupid. I grabbed the cloth wiped up the mess gave Kaleb a hug and said the old saying "don't cry over spilt milk" and that was it. An hour later neill of course thinking the worst txt me back asking what was wrong I replied very simply Nothing I overreacted! Wow another big step toward bettering myself admitting I overreacted.
Today was simply great day, nothing fancy, nothing special just an overall great day! I truly feel like I learnt an important life lesson today. To look at the big picture not to write off a day just because there were a couple bumps in the road but to use the bumps to appreciated the good moments! Lets be honest I'm sure that even on the worst day we could find something to make that day a good day. A simple smile from a baby, a silly joke from a toddler or a encouraging hug from a loving friend/partner/spouse. I'm truly blessed I have all three of those things in my life! That makes my odds for a great day pretty darn good!!
Till next time!!
Get used to it, sweety. When you have children, that is your life from then on - ups and downs.
ReplyDeleteTruth to tell, Boober was our handful. He was always into something, very energetic, and a real explorer. So - like father like ... daughter?