Moving on and a shout out!

Well my last post was certainly a rough day. But I must say that we have had some great days since. Again, I can not state this enough - If I can bear the "nonsense", then we all do so much better. So, if I can just stand the bickering or eye rolling or repeating rules, we all do well. It's when I start to feel the agitation like Harper must feel when the squirrels torment her from the telephone wires, is when we start to disintegrate as a unit. So the rest of the week, I dug a little deeper, accepted typical kid behavior and breathed. We were all happier. Take note - mothers lead the way. It's a ton of pressure to know that your reactions and actions LEAD anything when you feel depleted but it's the reality of mothering. All of us will have days that no matter how deep you go a diggin', you can't find patience enough to make PEACE a part of your day. But then it will also pass and you WILL be able to later....Breathe. Dig. Rest.

I have to give a "shout out" to my guy. Although he doesn't read my blog. I never really write about him but today I will. I am super lucky that after 12 years of marriage, I still would rather hang out with him than almost anyone else. I am lucky that he "gets" me and that instead of golf, concerts and bars, he's home w/ us or with the kids so I can go to work. He can handle the KID thing just as well as I can (probably better at times). He can get them where they need to be. He can initiate play dates. He brings them to the pool. And he can do all of this and make dinner too! I work in peace knowing that Rob Nicoll is in charge. I know I am lucky here b/c for some reason, some men can't quite do that...Mostly, we are completely simpatico with little moments of irritation (almost always his fault!@). The other day Peter said "why do you always hug Daddy?". I was so happy they notice this. I hope they always see 2 people who love each other, help each other and are happy. They will also see 2 people who ask the other why in the hell they can't close the shower curtain or put their shoes away!