We should have known from the moment we woke up yesterday that it was going to be a bad day. Our eldest had vomited in her bed and then was sleeping in our bed making it difficult to get a proper sleep and causing grumpy parents. It went downhill from there with the following events occurring throughout our day:
- The baby vomited her whole feed onto me and herself.
- We battled to get two toddlers and a baby out the door with each taking a turn to have a tantrum or a cry.
- My husband lost his wallet somewhere at the shops (amazingly a Subway worker dropped it back to us at 8.30pm! There are good people in the world).
- While we were at the dentist the baby pooed all over her clothes which meant I had to change her on the floor of the waiting room while my children decided to take advantage of me being busy and remove cushions from the chair and jump all over them.
- We arrived home late and dinner took a while to cook leaving the kids hungry and grumpy and bedtime was pushed back to 7.30pm instead of 7pm.
There were so many tears, so much snot (as kids are also sick) and lots of opportunities for my hubby and I to practice our patience with the kids (although we failed a lot in the patience department today). However despite it being a terrible day, as a friend of mine always says "No one died" , we still have our wonderful family, money to go to the shops, food on our table and so much more.
We always look forward to my husband's day off so we can spend the day as a family, however more often than not it does not live up to our expectations. It is mainly because the kids drive us crazy which we know it is mostly our own fault as we don't give them enough attention while we are running around getting things done. At the end of the day we can't wait for them to go to bed. It is pretty sad really because they are great kids and we love them to bits.
As I write this I am reminded of the theme of this blog....appreciating my undeserved blessings. My kids are blessings that I have not done anything to deserve and I want to appreciate everything about them. It is my attitude towards them that needs to change, not them. I need to learn to be patient with them and give them the attention they deserve.
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| Gorgeous little bundles of trouble |
So today is a new day, with a new opportunity to show my kids how much they are loved and appreciated.
Do you struggle to appreciate your children? How do you show them how much they are appreciated and loved when they are driving you crazy?
