What a wonderfully, crazy, hectic day Mother's Day was yesterday. I had a great start to the day with getting to sleep in and breakfast in bed. Connor had presents wrapped and breakfast made when Jeff got downstairs. Despite some behavior challenges we are having lately with him, he is really such a good boy. I think he is just feeling his oats and we have to stand firm now. We had a busy day with lacrosse, flag football, and finished it off with a great family cookout at our house. Pam & Kurt, Boggess family, Tice family, and all the Buckles were here. After all the ladies ended up cleaning the kitchen, we determined that we are going to go out to dinner by ourselves next year :)
Tonight, we had a dramatic finish to our uneventful day. Kate started us off by singing "I got the moves like Jagger" while putting a stick on earring up her nose. I don't think she will try this again as she was most upset with me trying to get it out! Connor & Grace finished us off by marking in their yearbook. They were putting "X's" and devil horns on people they didn't think were "awesome". Why is Jeff never home when this stuff happens? He tends to be a little calmer than me with things. By the end of the day, I am typically spent. I lost my voice yesterday which is very frustrating when you are trying to yell at your kids. This has happened several times this year and I am starting to think God is trying to tell me something by taking my voice away. Maybe I need to learn how to use it a little better! Connor ended up being "ashamed of himself" as he told me. I tried to explain to them that I don't expect them to like everyone but I do expect them to treat everyone with respect. When I added that I don't expect them to be perfect, Connor added on that they just discussed this at CCD. "God only made 2 people perfect, Mary and Jesus, he goes on to tell me. So, I am not going to be perfect mom". Glad to see he is paying attention during the religious ed that I frequently complain about the cost of (with other adults and not the kids of course). I must say that there are times when we are trying to teach our kids these things, that I feel like a hypocrit because I am not good at always doing these things myself. It really would be great if some fabulous parenting coach would develop an app where we could just go for a quick answer on how to handle different situations with our kids!
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