Today Teagan was pretty whiny, crying over every little thing that Jaedyn or Easton did, and I wanted to wring my own neck. I love being a mom, but some days I want to run and hide and shut my door and tell someone else to fix all their problems. Especially since their problems are so small and not really problems at all. Like, “Easton did a mean face.” Who cares? I laugh because I remember when I was a kid and how horrible it was when someone made a mean face at me. Now I wish I had such menial things to be upset about. But then I have to say, “Easton, don’t make mean faces.” It’s just little things like that that go on all day that make me happy that Jacob and I will have 24 hours away from parenting tomorrow. Not that I don’t love my children because I absolutely can’t get enough of their adorably sweet faces. But I want the job that the grandparents get – to just enjoy the little monkeys. I spend so much of the day playing the referee, and nobody ever likes the referee. And referees don’t get to enjoy the game because they are too busy keeping an eye on all the players to make sure they’re following the rules and not making mean faces at each other. Plus, when you add Jaedyn into the mix it makes for even more fighting because she’s a girl, and she’s moody and doesn’t always want to talk or be talked to, so Teags is always crying, “Jaedyn don’t wanna be my fwend.” I tell ya, it’s the end of the world in our house about a hundred times a day.
Easton was still sick today, coughing a lot, so I kept him home from school again, and he’s not any better to go tomorrow. I’m just glad this was a 3-day week so that he didn’t have to miss the whole week. It was kind of another lazy day around here. I lounged around watching movies with my sickies and stopping fights all day. After getting ready for the day, I made each of the children crowns to wear out of my scrapbooking paper because they all wanted to wear Easton’s crown from Burger King. Sometimes I have so many other things to do on my list than play with or do activities with my children, and I forget that those are the things that are most important. Cleaning will always be there. It never goes away, but my children aren’t always going to want to play or do crafts with me. They were all so excited about these silly little crowns I made for them. Children are so simple and find such happiness in doing the simplest activities.
I had mutual tonight, and our activity was eating pancakes with strawberries and whipped cream and talking about Personal Progress. We always have to bribe the girls with food to get them to come to a PP activity. But why did it have to be delicious pancakes with strawberry topping and whipped cream? I’m not eating sugar, and that’s just about my favorite thing on the face of the planet. But I was firm. I just ate the bacon and a plain pancake with nothing on it. It was not the same. So I decided that the first thing I will eat after Mr. Logan is born will be pancakes with sugary strawberries and whipped cream. And I will savor every bite.
Tonight after the boys were in bed, I found the bedding I wanted for Logan’s crib on clearance online at Target. So I ordered it. For $56 I got all that I need for his bed. That’s a steal of a deal. I never had bedding for Easton or Teagan in their crib because everything that I liked was so expensive. And I figured it would be the same for Logan, but I found a really cute set for cheap, so I helped myself right to it. My parents are buying us a crib, so I was also shipping around for a crib, and I’m kind of deciding between two now. I will hopefully have a better idea when the bedding gets here. After getting his bedding and shopping for a crib, I’m really excited for him to arrive. I remember how much fun it is to have a new baby. And then when they get here I remember how NOT much fun it is to have a newborn. I prefer them when they start sleeping through the night.
Well, I have finished my ice, and it is probably best that I get to bed. My New Year’s resolution to be in bed by 11 has never worked out for me. I love my alone time when the house is quiet, and I just can’t seem to get into bed at a decent hour. So many nights I send Jacob to bed alone because he wants to be in bed by 10:30, and that’s just so early to me. When Logan gets here, I’m sure things will change, but for now I’m going to enjoy the time I get to myself. I won’t be getting that for a while after he gets here.
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