Some Days Are Like That

Ever had one of those days where...

-You wake up plotting the death of the birds outside your window
-You feel about as attractive as the Geico caveman
-Your daughters unravel ALL of your crafting ribbon (I know- my fault for leaving it out)
-One of them eats Cool Whip out of the container for breakfast
-You roll over her foot with the grocery cart at Target and she screams
-You question how much of a fight you'd put up if a kidnapper attempted to abduct your child
-It's gorgeous weather and you can't get your kids to play outside (except when it begins to rain and then they're mad that they can't go outside.) Go figure
-Your baby is constipated and therefor fussy (for her)
-You lose count of how many spills you've cleaned up
-You forfeit the day's umpteenth clothing battle and let your 3 year old dawdle around naked
-You barely muster up the motivation to make dinner, which is Top Ramen, which the 3 year old eats in front of the television. Naked.
-While feeding your baby, your 3 year old runs out the door to greet her daddy. Still naked.
-Your daughters 'reorganize' all of your shoes and jewelry all over your bedroom floor.
- You cry out, "I can't have ANYTHING the way I want it!"
-All you want to do is lock yourself in the bathroom and inhale chocolate.
-You succumb to the above and lock yourself in the bathroom to inhale chocolate.

-Then you tuck your girls in bed, they tell you they love you and that you're the best mom ever. And you can't decide if that twinge in your stomach is from sheer guilt or from all that chocolate. Thankfully children are so forgiving.



Here's hoping for a better day tomorrow.

Today...

We took the girls to stroll around temple square after church. Katelyn said she wanted to get married in the Salt Lake temple. Emily agreed. They walked hand in hand and decided they were going to marry each other someday. Eric and I tried to explain that they'd marry nice young men instead.

"Okay," said Katelyn. "I'm gonna marry Grandpa."

"And I'm gonna marry Uncle Jake!" Emily chirped.

(Insert explanation that we don't live in Arkansas, and that they can't marry someone in their family.)

Our lesson didn't seem to take, as the girls continued to suggest other uncles they might tie the knot with. Looking back, I might have done well to ask the wandering sister missionaries to assist in the discussion.


But don't they make a lovely couple?








Our three peas in a pod.

Aaaand, we're back!

Something went haywire with my blogging account a couple of weeks ago, and I've not been able to post since then. Much worse, I haven't had access to internet. I know, life is so hard. It's pretty sad that internet has become as vital as food and water. I feel like a lot has happened lately. Here is just a quick update of the past couple of weeks:


We went to a Bees game. More importantly, we got cotton candy. And everyone was happy.


Put flowers on my Gramps grave. We sure miss him!


Emily, cousin Bayla, and Katelyn had some fun hanging out.


Claire still can't get a moment's peace without being mauled. The girls sure love their baby sis!


My big girl Katelyn graduated from preschool! Her teacher was fabulous, and I'm really going to miss having Katelyn go to her school.