today was one of those days where i would have rather been doing laundry than the fun stuff we planned. yesterday, noe had a hard day. she woke up with a fever (the fever that mali had for two days before her). then she ran hard into the corner of a door jam, giving her a really nasty bump on her forehead. then she managed to scratch herself (i don't know why she did this) on the cheek during church badly enough to give herself a bruise there, too. we left church early because her fever got worse and she didn't feel well. so she slept for a few hours, then was whiny and ill the rest of the night. she crawled into bed with me at 5:30am and squirmed and whined (though her fever was gone before she went to bed and didn't come back), which ruined any chance of me getting much sleep after that (and it wasn't like i was getting much before that since the clock read 3 when mali woke up crying). so when she finally gets to sleep, i attemtp to doze a bit myself...and wake up to the knocking of landen's mom on the front door. not the best way to start the day. landen is hungry, having not eaten since 7pm the night before, and required a bottle even before his mom had left. this threw off our regular routine with getting the girls situated with their juice and a movie on the couch before his bottle, so the whining insued. the plan was to go to the zoo before 9am so we could get into the children's zoo for free. with the whining and forgettfulness that plagued our morning, we didn't leave the house until about 8:45am. we did not get to the zoo in time. oh, well. plenty to see without the children's zoo to keep up busy. ordinarily, it wouldn't have been a problem. but lately, mali has been rather defiant. it's weird, though, with the way she disobeys. she does it with a smile and laugh, then tells you she loves you and gives you a hug...before throwing an absolute tantrum when she doesn't get what she wants. this happened several times today. noe, too, was very cranky because she wasn't allowed to run free the whole time. then, when i let her walk, she begged to be carried. we went through a few melt downs per kid before we got back to the car four and a half hours later. this is when i realize that we stayed longer than i had anticipated and landen was due to eat...and i didn't have a bottle made. he reminded me of this loudly all the way to an exit where i was able to pull in and get some water to make him his lunch. by this time, however, that wasn't enough. he required cooing, consoling, rocking, begging and bribing before finally calming down enough to settle back into his car seat. then he continued screaming until we were almost home. i got him taken care of quickly upon arrival, but once he had quieted and cheered, the girls got back into the game of fighting and crying and whining. by this point, i was done. as soon as fai walked in the door, i informed him that they were his for the rest of the night. i cleaned the kitchen and we ate dinner and had some watermellon on the deck before ushering them into the tub and were quickly trying to get them into bed. at this point, right after wrestling with mali to get her dressed, noe comes over to sit on my lap and asked "you have baby in your belly?" i told her that i don't, but that i hopefully will soon. to which she replied, "then i will take care of you." and there you have it: bad day forgotten. i love my kids. even on days when i wonder why, i still love them.
on a different note, we did manage to save mali's father's day photos. i will post them soon.
2 comments:
Ooohhh! They can be so sweet!
Cute Noe! Isaac did something similar to me yesterday, throwing a HUGE tantrum, at the library, the kind where you just want to disappear, then a few hours later comes and sits on my lap and says, Mama, I "wuv you. You are my best friend." This is how we survive!
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