Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Is It Just Me?

We are in the middle of Spring break. 
Saying I am frustrated and a little cranky, would be an understatement.

One child yelled at me as though it is my fault that "This is a dumb Spring break because it is cold and snowy."

One child kindly put Drew in his eating chair without clearing out the bananas from an earlier snack (another child had removed him previously).  Drew sat on soggy bananas throughout dinner, and they were nicely smooshed and scattered all over his chubby little legs when Daddy, wearing dry-clean only pants, removed him from the chair after dinner....

One child decided to walk and balance along some rocks while wearing high heeled sandals.  I am greeted with a dirty wet, muddy, mess of a child.  From head to toe.

Preparing for a Sunday School lesson is hard when there are five kids causing mayhem inside because it is too wet to go outside.

There are shoes and socks everywhere.   Yet, my help is always enlisted when someone needs a pair.  Oh, that's because they are looking in their sock drawers or in their shoe basket.  The shoes and socks aren't there!!

I had to drag a child to three different stores to find the correct ink cartridge so I can print out my taxes and pay the government.

One child thinks the Easter candy should all be consumed in the first couple of days following Easter.  When it isn't allowed, the tantrums aren't pretty.

This is just a glimpse of our week so far.
We are barely half way through Spring Break.

Is it just me, or are there other cranky mothers out there?

6 comments:

  1. I am right there with you. Crabby and grumpy. Having eerily similar issues (especially with easter candy). Apparently Tyson and Charlie have a time quota that if they spend more than their regular allotted time together, things (moods) go downhill fast. So much for getting stuff done with Tyson around to help. He is now off to a cousin's and I am back to routine, entertaining the wee ones.
    Send some over if you need a break!

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  2. I was just thinking yesturday about how sad a week this was for spring break. Hopefully the weather will improve so you don't go crazy by the end of the week!

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  3. My child claims that she has just left the house for the first time since Sunday night... and she left to go to YW's. I wish I could say the same for myself. A week in the house, snow outside, Easter candy within my reach; all sounds pretty good... of course only if one is home alone :-)

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  4. Oh i'm so sorry. I was just lying here feeling a little sorry for myself, because I couldn't be out in the sunshine today.I forget how you young mothers might be dealing with it. I wish I could help in some way. Hang in there!! I hope the sun will come through the rest of the week for you.

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  5. Totally feel you!! So much fun! What has mother earth been thinking! Get this....my kids are off track so they dont go back for three weeks! I am re-thinking about vacation time with them tomorrow...they have been naughty crazy and out of control today. I might just leave them all home! Hang in there momma!!

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