i often find myself singing it, trying to reassure my soul that everyone has a day like this now & then. :)
lately, "days like this" have been slightly more abundant than i would like to partake in. heh. heh.
like on saturday. soccer was cancelled which made my little ones in a slightly grumpy mood since their first question every morning, while they still have their pjs on & are still rubbing their sweet little eyes, is: "mom, where are we going today?? what are we going to do?"
so, instead of soccer we made muffins and had a "leisurely" morning, but by 10:30am, they were chomping at the bit. ck & i had to think of something & quick. it was rainy & chilly outside. so nothing outside. it was saturday so all the usual inside places would be packed. hmm...
charles did need some tools from sears. brilliant idea from me: let's go as a family & get his tools. (what he really needed was an axe.)
on our way there, we realized that it had taken us so long to get ready that it was almost noon & they were saying that they were starving. even zeke was chiming in "nack! nack! peeeese." (snack, please.)
okay, change of plans. let's do chick-fil-a at the mall. we pull in and all of a sudden, charles decides he would rather have subs from harris teeter. they do have good subs, but out of all the places we could choose for lunch??... and, where would we sit to eat? and, what will the kids eat?
his response: "tif, its the grocery store. we can find something for them to eat & we'll figure out a place to eat later."
"okaaay."
after literally 45 minutes of trying to figure out something that the kids wanted to eat, buying a few groceries, waiting for our subs, and getting a red box movie for that night, we were back in the car. and, the kids were grumpy (to put it lightly).
so, we have an "inside the car picnic." charles: "this is an adventure. isn't this fun?!!" the kids wouldn't eat anything we bought...none of the subs, none of the chicken nuggets & all they wanted was a drink. which of course we forgot to buy.
i started laughing hysterically & couldn't stop. crying (and almost peeing...yikes...i'll blame it on the tiny girl inside) and laughing for 10 minutes straight. mylie was in the back: "mom, are you ok? what's wrong???"
charles & i finish our subs & we head to the mall off to buy his axe.
i had ck drop the 2 big kids & me off at barnes & noble & we bought treats & read books and played at the train table & all was well in the world again. (what a good mom i am...the kids had chocolate chunk cookies & salt/pepper chips for lunch that day....)
and, when we got back in the car, after charles got his goods from sears. i said "did you get what you needed?"
"well," he said, "i decided not to buy an axe."
the only reason we left the house in the first place & he didn't get the goods... :)
or, like today.
charlie hurt his back pretty badly on a trampoline yesterday. we'll blame all this on that, but he didn't sleep at all last night. he fell asleep after 10pm (they go to bed at 8pm), he woke up at midnight, 2pm, 4pm, 5pm, & was up for the day at 7pm. and, some of those were multiple times during that one hour. my poor boy, was moaning. needless to say, charles & i didn't sleep at all. and, neither did he.
on mondays, he doesn't have preschool. so again...grumpy. i thought of some creative, fun things for us but, he was so tired, he yelled and cried all morning. i couldn't do anything right. on our walk, i got him the wrong rock. so he threw it down. then he wanted it (but, since we were on a walk, it was long gone). so i gave him another. same thing happened. three more times.
by the time we got back in our driveway, 45 min later, he was still crying about his first rock.
in addition to that, he kept forgetting to tell me he had to use the potty. so we had several accidents. which is not that big of a deal EXCEPT when your stomach is so big that you can already barely bend over & one accident is a bad poop that you have completely shower him.
zeke was super clingy. and just wanted to be held. again, no big deal EXCEPT when you are 39 weeks pregnant and 20 lbs feels like 100 lbs.
and, they both missed mylie who usually keeps them so busy telling them all the games they will play, books they will read, and things they will build.
by the time charles got home, i needed a little break from all the yelling, crying, craziness of the day.
i say all of this, not to complain, but to remind us all: we WILL have days like this.
mommy grace, right. God is driving home the point again.
this is my life-theme verse. and, oh, is it applicable for me these days (romans 5:3-5): Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
so, you see, life is what it is, but i'm thankful for the opportunities to grow. Lord, make me a better mom & help me see through your eyes!
No comments:
Post a Comment