I hate me. I just pulled a load out of the dryer with all of my jeans, all of Tommy’s jeans, Amy’s only jeans (overalls) and Noah’s jeans. One of the children had stuffed crayons in their pockets and the crayons are melted so well into the jeans that there’s nothing to scrape. The jeans […]

Today is going to be hard. I have asked the children a dozen times already not to mess up the house today and they are ignoring me. They are all in “play and have fun” mode and I am in “stuff to do” mode so we are going to clash. This afternoon I have a […]

Checked Tommy out of school and took him to the mall for a haircut. Never a fun task. Picked up Sarah and Noah and we all went to STAR for Tommy’s horse therapy. Noah complained the entire time. Sarah snapped at Noah. Amy was completely overtired and wild. From there we went to Wal-Mart where […]

Amy has learned to unscrew the top off her sippy cups. Would someone please invent a toddler cup that works like a child-proof medicine bottle, QUICK!

Today has got to be a better day than yesterday. The children left for school happy in the knowledge that tomorrow is a school holiday. I quizzed Sarah and Noah on their spelling and upstairs is clean except for the mountain of clean clothes on the couch that I need to fold. Amy woke up […]

The children are all in bed and their backpacks and clothes are ready for the morning rush. Now is the time to collapse in bed and feel sorry for myself.

For the second time today I heard Amy hiding on the other side of the fridge, crunching on dog food. As I walked in the kitchen to confront her, she tossed the container of dog food over her shoulder (spilling the contents everywhere) while putting her hands behind her back and making her innocent face. […]

Tommy decided to curse at and flip off the children who were teasing. Of course the other children had the good sense not to do things while the teacher was looking so they all denied doing anything. Anyone who knows Tommy knows he doesn’t attack people for no reason. The teachers are all mad at […]

Amy likes to fill her mouth with her drink (usually apple juice or milk) and then spit it all out and laugh. I find this even more disgusting than the booger she handed me this morning. “Take it Mommy.”

Dragged everyone to Sarah’s appointment only to find that they had someone else booked for what is her standard appointment time. Since her last appointment was cancelled because “something came up” with the doctor, I am very aggravated. I think this is a wonderful therapist but I am not exaggerating when I say that we’ve […]