Attempting to be a Super Mom

So, while the broccoli cooks for dinner, I thought I'd sit down and escape my life for a moment or two.  Tune out the constant tantrum Rylie has been in all day and have a moment of mommy time.  I read a recent blog post by my friend Sandra.  She's always got words of wisdom, and sometimes, I feel like she's looking in my windows and the posts are really about me and my life.  I know that's weird, but today, it really spoke to me. Sandra's post was talking about how she was going to get on here to post about how life is so unfair and how bad things are but instead realized that maybe her negative thinking is bringing the negativity to her.  Maybe, I'm doing the same.  Most of my posts lately have been about the tantrums, the not listening, and the disrespect at home. I should be happy with what I have.  I have a roof over my head, a wonderful loving husband, and four beautiful children that ::gasp:: occasionally act like children. I think my posts ...

Today was and still is a struggle.  Last night, we were up later than the kids should have been.  I know, I'm to blame.  I knew last night that today would be rough.  I didn't realize it would be this bad. I'm on the verge of shutting myself in my room with a giant glass of wine and crying my eyes out while the children fend for themselves downstairs.  I'm not going to, but boy do I want to. The days have to get better right?  This is just a rough patch, please tell me this is just a rough patch! Rylie refuses to eat anything I cook.  I know what you mom's are thinking.  She'll eat when she's hungry.  Nope, really she won't.  She cries for something else, something specific.  I love my kids but I'm not making everybody a separate meal. I know, the easy thing would be to just clear the table and then, come time for the next meal, she'll eat.  Can I really send a kid to school without eating, if I know she's hungry? Today, ...

This is the question I keep asking myself today... Should I be doing something? The summer and even the last few months have been so busy.  I spent many days feeling like I was drowning, but seeing the joy and excitement on my kids faces kept me going.  The life of a stay at home mom is more insane than I ever imagined it to be.  I spend my days driving kids to and from school, soccer, dance, art classes, and anywhere else they need to be.  Then, there is the housework. My house has been a pig sty for the last several months.  Thank goodness my husband is so understanding and helpful.  He's jumped in, helping with more loads of laundry and dishes than I'd care to admit. This last week though, I've been up on the housework.  I've had time in my day to get things done and I don't really know where it came from.  All week my house has looked quite clean, lived in, but clean. This morning, after dropping the kids off at school, I came home, folded...

Ok, so of course we've been on our fair share of field trips, but this was Rylie's first field trip that was actually hers!  We went with her preschool class to the pumpkin patch.  She was so excited and even woke up talking about it.  Shawn blocked off the morning in his schedule so that he could go too. I've always been the one to go on field trips with the kids.  I was so glad that Shawn got to go too. We had a really nice time. I have to say though, this was the first field trip I've ever been on where literally every student had a parent with them.  Often they do buddies because about half of the class doesn't have their parents able to attend. The teachers in that school are so sweet too. Rylie was so excited to spend the whole time with us and her good friend Scarlet. Here's some fun pictures from our trip:

So, I decided to take a look back in time on here today.  I wanted to reminisce a little bit.  Imagine my surprise when I open a post, only to find blank white boxes where my photos once were.  I'm heartbroken.  I started this blog to be able to look back, for myself, my husband, my kids, anyone really, and now that's becoming more and more impossible.  My photos are so important to me, and now they have been removed from blog posts without any way of me knowing what pictures they were. Maybe it was something I did... I did have a problem a while ago where iphoto decided to hate me and delete every photo I'd ever added.  Maybe this is just further issues with that, but I honestly thought I'd cleaned up most of that mess.  Really Blogger? Do you hate me?

Hello and happy Monday!!!  I'm not quite sure why, and I don't know how long it will last, but today, I feel fabulous and just know that we're going to have a good Monday for once.  Ok, I know why.  My house is mostly clean.  My husband helped me this weekend get all the horrid cleaning done as well as all the odds and end jobs that need done during the weekend like laundry. Oh I married a wonderful man. Alright, now to my Happy Homemaker Monday post.  You can also join in on the fun and link up to Sandra's awesome page at  Diary of a Stay at Home Mom The weather in my neck of the woods: Right now it's 55 degrees with a high to be expected in the mid to high 70s.  Yesterday was glorious at about 80 degrees and it's only going to get a little chillier every day this week.  Fall is here!  Fall is here! Things that make me happy:  Talking to this goofy little one over breakkie. Book I'm reading: Outside of children's books, I...