Mommy morning

Well my girls and I have been having issues getting along lately. (Meaning I have no patience due to lack of sleep) because of this, more often than not I am raising my voice and getting angry with them earlier and earlier in the morning and then they are on edge and acting up more because mommy is upset. It is nasty cycle!! So this morning when we got up and they wanted to ay with playdough (one of my least favorite things) I decided to try and make today different and I said YES! They we so excited! I thought, well I will let them play and I will sit on the couch and read a book. Wrong. They begged me to play with them so, without showing the cringing I got in there with them. We played for over an hour! My hands were so dry and smelly when we were done but my princesses were happy. After we cleaned up, they picked a movie, we got into my bed and ate licorice.

We had one of the best mornings we have had in quite awhile and even though I could have done without the playdough I don't think it would have been such a special morning without it!

Hair today, gone tomorrow

Well what a day it was!

This morning while we were at a friends house Anna decided to play hair dresser. She cut two of her friends hair, Bethy's hair and one little chunk of her own. It was devistating! After alot of tears I took Bethy to a real hair dresser who cut 6 more hairs and just told me to let it grow out.

The positive thing about today was that I got a chance to truly teach Anna about forgiveness. We went out and picked up a hat and headband for her friends and sister with her money. Then we went and gave them. She was such a grown up girl as she told each of her friends and sister she was sorry for cutting their hair and gave them a hug.

It was a bad day made better as my little girl became a big girl and made amends for the damage she had caused without complaint.

Now hopefully tomorrow we can truly see the humor in all of it!