Saturday, March 20, 2010

First day of Spring

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have my first flowers right next to the front door to great me when I leave the house and when I come home. The are little and yellow and just happy. I am so excited to see them. There are flowers on the tree out front and everything is waking up! The weather outside is warm and the sun is shining brightly. I am so happy about this, I can't wait to play outside with the kids and get the yard cleaned up for the spring. It is going to be a great day today!!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

The mind of a 6 year old

Today I am trying to understand the mind of a 6 year old. Impossible, I know...but I figure I need to try, right?

Since school started, the kids have been fighting over who gets to be first every morning for the bus. I mean, full on fights...screaming, yelling, name calling, tears and stomping feet. This goes on everyday without fail. So frustrating. So I started to make them go in order, and I would change the starting person every Monday. That way they always knew who was first, and there was no fighting about it. It was working very nicely. The fighting had stopped, there was no rush to get out of the house first, there was no pushing, yelling or any of that! In short, I had bus line bliss!

So yesterday, I am talking to them about who's turn it is to be first and Samantha asks me if she can be last...so I say sure (since she is the loudest about being first usually). So Samantha is last and honestly can't remember who was first, but anyway, all were happy! This morning, Samantha again asked me if she could be last, telling me that she wanted to sit on the outside of the seat and that is why she wanted to be last. I figured since no one wants to be last, this was great, one less person to fight over being first. WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So now Paige decides she wants to be last too. "Mommy, I had to sit by the window yesterday...it's my turn to be last" My first though is you have got to be kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!! Now we are fighting over who is last?????? She starts to jump up and down yelling and screaming saying she wants to be last. Seriously? What do I do with that?

Even after I write all of this down, I still don't get it. I am beginning to wonder if I will ever understand the thought process of a child...

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Tantrums....

So we have been going through some interesting moods with the girls and I am not sure how to handle it anymore. It started with Samantha and she is gets totally out of control. She gets so upset over the smallest things, ie: she didn't get chocolate milk, her coat feels "funny", etc. She goes from completely happy to completely insane in about 2 seconds. She is screaming, stomping her feet and hitting things. She yells at her siblings, make disrespectful noises at us and just generally grumps around. She NEVER gets what she wants when she does this. Infact, she typically loses something. Most of the time she is sent to her room until she calms down. There have even been times I have had to send her back to her room several times. We have talked to her about why she is doing this. You can ask her while she is having a fit and she will tell you that the only thing she gets is a time out when she has fits. I just don't get it. Now Paige is starting it and my only thought is what the hell am I supposed to do with both of them doing this????

I know that tantrums are part of life with young kids, but I really thought they would be getting better at this age, not worse. I ask them both why they have these fits, and they both tell me "I don't know". When I ask them if they do this at school when they don't get their way and they always tell me "no". So why do they do it at home??? Both of them can be the best kids in the world, but when they are doing this, I just don't even want to be around them.

This morning Samantha woke up in a mood, and was yelling at Paige before she even came downstairs. And when I say she was yelling at Paige...it was more like screaming at her, starting with the first word that came out of her mouth. It was so bad that when she finally came down to the table for breakfast, I had to send her back to her room. Then when she got off the bus this afternoon she was fine...until she got into the house. She was the 2nd person in the house, and I was the last. She was already yelling at everyone when I got in the house. I am so frustrated with this.

Monday, March 8, 2010

This is just how it goes

Today was a mixture day. I got up, got the kids up and off to school with no fights, no shouting or tantrums. What a rare and wonderful morning!!! I did my nails, finished the laundry, and mopped the kitchen floor. All in all a fabulous day! We went to karate, and had fun there. I always enjoy talking to the other mothers and finding out that my kids are not the only ones that seem insane one minute and completely happy the next. When we got home, Paige decided to have a fit in the car. I have no idea what it was about, but she kicked Dan in the face in the process. Needless to say she was in BIG trouble. After she was punished, she was told to go get her jammies on and it was then that she decided to hit her sister. FOR NO REASON AT ALL!!! She couldn't even tell me why she did it. She couldn't remember. I really don't like it when any of the kids get like this, they are so hard to deal with. I just don't understand it at all!!!!

Well, I could go on and on about this, but I wont. On to another day!

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Playing in cars with kids

Clearly I am not very good at keeping up with the blog thing. I always think...what do I have to say that is interesting? Why would anyone want to read what I am writing? Here is what I decided. I am going to try and keep up with this blog even if it is boring and even if no one wants to read it because someday, my kids might want to know what was going through my head.

I had a really great day with my kids today. We woke up (way too early) and started to get ready for Church. Last night they were very excited to go, and this morning, they just wanted to hang out and do nothing, so we decided not to go. Then I woke up Dan so I could take a nap. giggle I slept for a couple hours and then the kids and I went outside. I cleaned out the van and the kids were playing. Then they decided to "help me" clean the van. And by help what I really mean is they were playing in the car...getting in my way...and having a great time! They "drove" to California and China, bought coffee, got new brakes, new tires and fixed the engine. I can't tell you how completely adorable they were.

I love days like this. I love days when we just play and they are fun. It reminds me why I wanted to be a mother.