Grouchy McMeany

A tornado hit our house this morning and Grouchy McMeany Mom returned.....
My goal this morning was soley this:
1-Get up before the kids....drink coffee, have quiet time
2- Get kids up, dressed, fed
3- Do more laundry
4- Get 6 baskets of clean laundry folded and put away
5- Get all piles in our bedroom (including hubby's beloved pile by closet) cleaned up

I overslept.....did not get a quiet time before kids got up, only got 1 cup of coffee drank in whole 1/2 pot that I made....I only got 2 loads of laundry washed...
I only got 2 baskets folded.......

I cleaned up a thousand messes the kids kept making......The kids got fed,dressed,fed....

Both kids keep getting reoccuring sinus infections which is a sure sign of allergies and we have

yet to get the carpet pulled outa their bedrooms......

we have got to be the most horrible parents ever!

So once again.....ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL morning long, I wiped GREEN snot from both kids face.

Ellie kept wanting to ride Gabe's new "bike" so he kept pushing her off....All morning long....

So finally I went outside and got an outside toy, cleaned it up in the bathtub, and let Ellie have it.

This and suckers, kept them content for all of 5 minutes before they started fighting because

Gabe then decided he wanted her car......*sigh* So, my morning consisted of breaking up fights....Gabe locked himself in the bathroom and thought it was funny. I did not find the humor in it because on the counter...in the bathroom....laid my VERY HOT flat iron so I started freaking out and very calmly tried to talk him out of the bathroom and unlocking the door.....after 5 minutes, he finally came out grinning.

I

really wanted to pull his little monkies ears but I didn't.....I was just thankful he came out with no burns. He then proceeded to dump all the diapers in Ellie's room out on the floor and the kids played awhile with that then moved on to something else. So I cleaned it up.....not 20 seconds later I rounded the corner and they had dumped them out again.....seriously....

Why did I waste the time picking them up in the first place???????!?!?!?! I confess I yelled at him and he replied" What?!?!?!? Mee-Mee did it!!!!" (My mom was not here today at all) I did have to laugh about that. He's getting smarter every day and starting to use a bigger vocabulary.

Ellie then found some chips in the cupboard and took them to the living room, dumped them on the floor and walked all over them......so then I vaccumed.

Then at lunch time, I was so thrilled to have leftovers from the crockpot last night (that the kids never ate any of) to feed them for lunch and I wouldn't have to slave away making another meal.

Not 5 min after Gabe ate his food, he broke out in hives on his face and started itching.

I racked my brain trying to figure out what I did wrong......and it finally occured to me that I used beef boulion cubes this time to flavor the beef/potatoes/carrots stew. I ran to the cupboard and sure enough, beef boulion contains soy protein and glutamate. Arrrrrrggggggg!!!!This child can have neither of these products!!!!

I gave him a dose of Benadryl and started smacking myself in the head for being a horrible Mom.

Thankfully, he cleared right up. I was a first class Grouchy McMeany all morning......

HOWEVER>>>>>>>>>I AM THANKFUL FOR:

1-Being able to stay home with my kids 5 days a week.

2-Gabe peed in the potty all morning...TOLD ME EVERYTIME HE HAD TO GO!!!!

(this is the first time ever I haven't had to remind him consistently!!!!) NO MESSES!!!!

3-The moments of peaceful playing with the kids

4-The sunshine today even though the cold has returned.

5- The orange donuts and cranberry bran muffins my Mama gave me last night to eat today

6- That I got Ellie trained very young to take a nap the same time Gabe does and they still do.

7-Before Gabe went down for his nap, I took him in my arms and told him I was sorry I yelled

at him and he gave me a hug and replied "Yes, Ellie was a bad girl!" Oh my goodness.......

I shall now go hava quiet time, drink more coffee, and confess the sins of grouchiness, impatience, yelling........and just being poopy. Now more than ever, I am thankful that God's

mercies are new every morning!!!