Attempting to be a Super Mom

Life is starting to slow down!!!  I never thought I would be saying that.  Now that dance is done until the summer camp in August and Ben's t-ball practices have decreased to once a week, we have a lot more free time.  Unfortunately though, the kids are feeling it too, and don't know what to do with their new found time and freedom, which means lots of acting out and fighting. Between the internet and my mommy/wife books, I'm working on some new discipline ideas. I've even learned, thanks to Jo Frost, Supernanny, that it's ok to put my 2 year old, who is determined to run away, on a leash.  I don't know that I will, but seriously, I always judged people with their kids on leashes until dealing with little miss runaway.  Rylie drives me absolutely bonkers when we are in public.  She runs away every opportunity she gets, everywhere we go.  She climbs out of the harness on the stroller, and I'm not talking just the lap belt, she wriggles free from yo...

So last week was insane with deliveries, and unexpected errands and service calls to the house. Thankfully this week seems to be a little bit more normal, however, Shawn is out of town all week, so everything falls on me. Monday, was mostly a normal day, except that Shawn usually leaves for work at 7 or 8 ish and instead had to leave around 5:30 or 6 to catch his flight to San Francisco. I had grocery shopping that needed to be done, but I was quite sore and didn't dare brave the grocery store.  I order Jimmy Johns for the kids for dinner with hopes of an early bed time for us all.  While Shawn is away, I set the kids up with a bed on my floor so we can shut and lock the door and not have the noise from the dog of the kitchen or the cat running all over the house like crazy, keeping me up and paranoid all night long.  I just feel better when I can sit up in the middle of the night and see them sleeping. Usually when Shawn is gone, after dinner we get on pjs and retrea...