Why is it that someone always has to be sad? As I sit here in silence (except for the sound of the dryer in the background), I wonder about this. Yes there are times, when they are all happy and playing well and then total chaos erupts and everyone is hysterical. If I would have had the video camera with me the other day, I would have taken a video to show you what I mean. Although I’m sure you can picture it! Hmmmmm . . . the life of a Mom (and Dad – don’t want to leave Tom out) of 3 kids. . .
Lately things have been crazy quite often. I feel like all I do is discipline, cook and clean. It’s just a phase, right? The girls have started to take on more responsibility around the house in hopes that this feeling they have of entitlement and that mom and dad are slaves, will go away. I have been wondering what I did to encourage this behavior and all I could come up with is that I do too much for them. So, now they each have a few small jobs and they mark them off on their sticker chart. It seems to be going well so far and our house is staying picked up with less work from me. We’ll see if we can keep it up.
Fortunately, today has been a relatively calm day. The girls had a visit to the dentist, which went very well, and spent quite a bit of time creating “food” with play dough this morning. Nap time is about over and we’ll pick up Sage from the bus stop.
The quietness of the house has now turned to kissing sounds coming from Ashley’s bedroom (waking up and kissing her bear I’m guessing) and tantrum-like screaming from Molly’s room – the sound of her waking up without a binkie. (That transition went well, but the waking up part still needs to be worked on. I’m not sure what to do about it, so I’m hoping it will just fix itself soon!)