I can't seem to find the time to blog every day. Honestly I am just so busy with all sorts of things. I do however, come up with great things to blog about when I'm driving or when one of my dear children doing something worthy of blogging about. Of course though as I sit at my computer now, I can't quite think of the same things that I thought were such good ideas only hours earlier.
Today, I had to watch my niece and nephew. I love them dearly. Their brother was going in for surgery on his ear today so I watched them for my sister. The three of us went to pick up my son at preschool. We walked in, he got a huge smile on his face and quickly told his teachers and friends that these were his cousins. He ran to my nephew so quickly and hugged him. He loves his cousins.
We came back home and made lollipops. My husband made lollipops when he was a kid with his mom all the time. His mom recently found the lollipop (or sucker as my husband would say) making kit and gave it to us. My husband was so excited. We have made a lot of lollipops in the last few months. I can honestly say that my lollipops aren't near as good as his. He will say his are made with love that is why they are so good. This is so fun for the kids to watch us make and they love picking out which lollipop will be theirs.
I then had to take my niece to gymnastics and my nephew to Tae Kwon Do practice. My nephew doesn't want to be left by himself so my kids and I all stayed until his Dad got there. Why is it that kids just can't sit still. My kids were all over the place inside the building and they were constantly fighting with one another. How many times do I have to tell them to sit still or stop fighting. My daughter tends to give me the evil eye whenever I discipline her. Of course, under the circumstance I get more frustrated. I was happy when my brother in law got there so I could get my wild children out of there and home for some dinner.
As I was starting to eat dinner, my daughter came up to me to show me about 6-7 letter she had written, every single one of them was to me. They were all so sweet saying how much she loves helping me work, or loves when I play with her or how much she likes me. She is really into writing these days and she is only in Kindergarten. I love seeing how she can spell some words perfectly and others how she spells them phonetically. She is the sweetest little girl when she wants to be. She really wants to know we are loved and she really wants to feel that from us as well.
After dinner my kids took a bath. I remember when my daughter was younger and she loved taking baths and the second you tried to wash her hair and body she would get so upset and cry, scream, kick and splash. Now my daughter has typically been more difficult than my son but maybe my son is heading that way since he will be four in just a few months.
Anyway, he is to the point that he doesn't like to get his hair washed or get out of the tub. I can literally have him in there 45 minutes and he still doesn't want to come out. So I let him play for about 35 minutes and I came in to wash his hair. He wasn't ready so I asked him when I should come back to do it. He said 5 minutes. I gave him about 7 minutes and was back in there. He was not happy! He kicked, screamed, splashed and even threw a toy. I told him that if he didn't let me do his hair he gets no bedtime story. He looked right at me and blew a raspberry at me. He has NEVER done that before nor do I know where he got it from. It took a lot to keep me from laughing at him. I am one of those moms that tends to laugh when I shouldn't because then my kids think it is funny and okay to keep doing it. I quickly washed his hair and got him out of the tub. He was still screaming at me.
I had him get dressed. He likes to sleep in his undewear and robe only. As I put on his robe I told him that he had to brush his teeth and then head to bed. He looked at me and at the top of his lungs yelled, "NO! I AM TOO TIRED". His scream was a full body, deep throat scream. I could tell he was tired and frustrated all at the same time. Once again, it took everytihng I had not to laugh. I actually felt really sorry for him, but not sorry enough to skip on the teeth brushing. We just had 6 cavities filled on my 6 year old daughter and I don't want that kind of dental bill again.
As I was brushing his teeth while he lay there screaming at me, he managed to say, "you are the meanest Mommy ever!!". I don't think my son really means that. He was tired and frustrated. Coming from him though, it is hard. He has always been so loving and caring towards me. When he comes into our room at night or first thing in the morning, he constantly is giving me kisses and hugs. He loves hugs and kisses and he loves giving them to me even more. He constnatly tells meI am the best mommy ever and his best friend forever and ever. He picks me a few flowers a day in the Spring and Summer just because. He is the most sweet, gentle and kind little boy any mother could ever ask for. He is just wonderful. So, when he says these things he is merely frustrated or tired.
My son is quick to apologize when he hurts my feelings. I'm sure he would have apologized had he not crawled into his bed, pulled the covers over his head and fallen asleep within 10 seconds of his head hitting the pillow. This was at 7:10pm.
My kids go to bed pretty early compared to other kids. Bedtime is 7pm. I typically have to wake them up at 7 am so if I am having to wake them up then they need to keep this bedtime. Most people have their bedtimes at 8 or later and their kids still get up before 7am. Not mine, they need their 12 hours of sleep, especially my boy. Plus, it is nice to have my own much needed quiet time for a few hours before I head off to bed.
I look forward to the morning when my son comes in to give me hugs and kisses and reminds me that I am the best mommy ever!
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