It's Snot Funny....

I am at home with the kids today, all four of us with stuffy noses, warm heads and bad attitudes. Everything is green - - - I wipe green noses, change green diapers and try to ward off the green-eyed monster that lies within. It's hard on days like these to not be envious of Jake, who is downtown Chicago with three students, hanging out at Moody and visiting the city for the day. When I signed up to be a stay-at-home mom, I didn't realize what I was choosing to miss out on! Then again, if I wasn't with the kids all day, I'd miss out on even more, wouldn't I? I have to try and keep that perspective on days like today.

So, how do you explain to a 2 year-old that we're all tired, and we're all sick, but that gives none of us license to throw fits and be off the charts rude? Or, does anyone have suggestions for how to entertain a sick toddler who isn't really interested in being engaged with anyone or anything (besides the obvious answer of TV and movies!)? By the time I get any responses, we'll all be back to healthy and normalcy again, but we'll just save them for next time

Hope your day is a little less green (in more ways than one!) than mine.

2 comments:

Dawn said...

hang in there, someone once said to me "This too shall to pass"
I was mad at him for saying it at first, but now many years later I was glad because it made me stand back and rethink what I'm doing and why I deciede to be a stay at home mom!
You wiil be so thankful years down the road and look back on these days with fond memories!!!!!

~joanne said...

You guys are taking 'going green' to a new level!!!

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