One of those days when...

Today has been one of those days when I feel like a total failure as a mother. 

Someday's it seems as if my kids literally do not listen to a word I say. Even when THEY ask me a question. I get so tired of repeating myself over and over. Today has been one of THOSE days. 

I am very grateful that I am a stay at home mom, but sometimes I feel like my job is so hard. From the moment my feet hit the floor every morning my day revolves around my kids and hubby. Make breakfast, brush teeth, wipe butts, help in Aiden's class, get groceries, clean Hudson's mess, dishes, vacuum, make dinner, ect. the list is endless somedays. 

When you mix a busy day a misbehaving kids its hard to not feel frustrated and like a failure. I have to keep reminding myself that feeling aren't facts. I need to remember to be easier on myself because, I am a good mom that is just having a bad day. And that is okay. 

Our Visit WIth Santa...

This year instead of taking to the boys to the mall to see Santa we decided to take them to see the Santa at the church Christmas party.

The day of the party Hudson was sick. I didn't want him to get everyone sick but knew that if he didn't get to see Santa he was going to have some hurt feelings so I brought him to the party just after Santa had arrived. While we were waiting in line both boys were so excited to visit with Santa.

When it was our turn to actually see Santa Hudson wanted nothing to do with him.

Santa seeing that Hudson was afraid tried to show him that there was nothing to be afraid of and that's when we got this picture....

 



Redneck Sledding...

On Christmas Eve the hubs and I needed to wrap some last minute gifts so the kids went to visit Grandma and Grandpa for a couple hours to do some redneck sledding with their cousins visiting from California. They boys had so much fun and still talk about it.
 

 

Cleaning With Kids.

 

Last night the hubs took the kids over to grandmas house for an hour. In that hour I managed to take down all of our Christmas decorations, do the dishes, clean up my room, and clean the boys room. Usually Aiden is in charge of cleaning the boys room but Hudson had dumped out all his dresser drawers yesterday and its not really Aiden's job to clean up after the tiny tornado.

 

Fast forward to today. I have been cleaning ALL day and haven't accomplished half of what I did in an hour last night. I did find a dollar behind the couch today though. Big fat Dr. Pepper time! 

 

Welcome to my life...

I have seriously neglected my blog... and the truth is the more time I went without blogging the more I convinced myself that I really shouldn't blog. My house is almost never perfectly clean (and if it appears clean chances are my bedroom is going to be full of junk that doesn't belong there), 90% of the time I am in sweat pants with my hair in a pony tail and no make up on, day to day tasks stress me out (who really has time to do laundry?!), I am not really an expert on anything, sometimes my kids are so difficult I want to put them to bed at noon, candy cane Hershey kisses will probably be the death of me (or at least my clean eating plans), and while I am writing this my kids are probably destroying their playroom.   

So what could I possibly have to say that could be helpful to others? I am still not sure. What I do know is that I am and will always be my own toughest critic. Sometimes I should really just give myself a break and enjoy the chaos of having a family because one day I will look back and truly miss it all (laundry piles included)  So stick around and read the tales of my perfectly imperfect life.

M.I.A.

This week has been insane and exhausting. Every single day has been so full of things to do that I have seriously neglected blogging. In addition to everything that has been going on I also have a cold that will not go away. Seriously it has been almost two weeks now. Luckily my hubby has been great at picking up my slack with the kids. I cant wait for the time change because I don't know about you but I could use the extra hour of sleep! Over the next couple days I will be posting all of our Halloween fun and some fall decorating ideas. You know just for the 2 people who read my blog. ☺ Thanks Mom... haha.  

♥Stephanie

Family Pictures 2013