craptastic to fantastic

People, I’ve got to tell you that yesterday was absolutely CRAPTASTIC! That kind of pure grumpiness hasn’t been seen around here since we were in the throws of colic and living on 2 hours of sleep a night. The kids were so miserable that we had them all in bed, read to and kissed by 7:00. I watched Extreme Makeover Home Edition to give myself a little feel good injection and then went straight to sleep.

When 5:15 AM brought big fat baby tears and then 6:30 AM even bigger, sadder older brother tears followed by “I’m going to bug you until we all cry” little sister action at 6:45 AM, I declared today a mental health day. We ditched all the boring stuff like house work and school and hung out in our jammies until noon. We snuggled on the couch, watched cartoons (big treat around here since we have a no tv during the week policy) and played lego for hours. Right now we’ve got homemade bread baking, super comfy shepherd’s pie cooking and a half eaten pan of fudge brownies sitting on the counter. I’m thinking this turned out to be a pretty great day. Here’s to ditching responsibilities and spending the day hanging out with the kids. It reminds me how GREAT it is to be a Mom. Lucky me!

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