The crazy

I usually have posts of my life being so wonderful and happy... today is the crazy post!

My life as a mother...

First of all is great! I wouldn't trade it for the world, but today is a day I would love to trade! It is the first day of Christmas break. I was so anxious and excited to have my girls home with me everyday for 2 weeks. I wanted it to be fun and festive!

I warned my girls last night that today would be a day for nothing but cleaning. We have to get ready for Santa and all of his goodies and well it just wouldn't be Christmas if my house is a big mess (before Santa arrives). We all started out so well, picking everything up that was theirs out of each room. They then decided to ask to help more, I of course was not going to say no... that would make me a crazy woman, lol!!! My angel asked first if she could Windex all of the glass and windows. This led to them actually using cleaning supplies, in which to them is the best thing ever! It of course led into a big fight of who was getting to do more and who wasn't getting to do something the other was doing.

My little spitfire starting arguing and back talking to me and I was very upset with her so I sent her to her room. I had told the girls that their room could be the last thing we clean this week, but since she was being punished I told her she could get started on it. It did not go over well at all. It ended with a lot of yelling and crying. My Angel however today was on the emotional side, anything anyone said to her set her off. She was mad on minute and crying the next. This continued for the rest of the day into the night. My girls faught absolutely all day!!! I was so upset by this. This is not what I wanted out of our time together for the next 2 weeks.

I just tucked them into bed a little bit ago and in a nice calm voice told them how disappointed I was with how our day turned out. They both apologized to me ( which was very nice to hear), so I just told them they need to work things out or figure out a system where they can get along longer than 5 minutes or I am going to be a gray headed mom who is always yelling. I don't want that for them or myself. We all hugged and kissed goodnight! The girls laid in their beds completely quiet and I walked into the front room to my Wildman, who had taken every couch cushion off the couch and made a huge pile for him to jump into!!! This is a BIG no no in our house ( I have no idea why this bugs the living day lights out of me, but it sadly does)! So I told him he needed to put them back and he needed to go to bed. He of course cried so the girls came out to see what he was crying about. I told them he was going to bed and for some reason they thought they could get out of going to bed. They asked if they could stay up and I said (calmly) "no we all need our rest after a day like today"! I tucked Wildman into bed with him screaming and crying and both girls walked back into their rooms crying and saying how mean I am!

Ahhh the life of a mother, LOL!!! Needless to say I am wore out and not because I am tired, but because my stress level is on red! I am hoping tomorrow is a better day for all of us so we can enjoy this wonderful week :) Welcome to the craziness!!!!