Parenting has kicked my ass today. Between the nine-year old who won't eat anything remotely healthy for him and the four-year old who decided today was a good day to act exactly like a four-year old, I need some peace and a corner to go cry in. I anticipated days like today when I decided to become a full-time stay at home mom/homeschooler. But when a day like this actually shows up, it's such a slap in the face.
Luckily both of them are safely tucked into bed, and I don't think I said anything to them that I will regret tomorrow. Now all that's left is to find my ereader in this mess of a house and escape into someone else's world. Oh, and drink at least one nice glass of wine.
Despite my frustration, I still made it through another bedtime story, Olivia Saves the Circus by Ian Falconer. It's a book that we've read several times over the past year or so, and each time Juliana "gets" a little more of it. Tonight she caught on to the fact that Olivia might not have actually saved the circus, just imagined it instead. She still doesn't get that Olivia completely frustrates the adults around her. She'll figure that out someday.
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