What A Nice Change

This weekend has been so very different from the past three :) It has been a nice change. Not that the kids changed at all. They are kids. And they're still cranky pants lately. But I've been about 50% calmer. With work. A few spankings here and there, but not nearly as many outbursts as I had a few weeks ago. Not so many mommy-time-outs as I had thought... but more of me just trying not to care about the little stuff, about the house being clean all the time (obviously... Via got Oreo stuck in her hair tonight...) Wonderful, right?

I just really have to remember... all the time... that they act like kids because they are kids. I'm the adult. I read that somewhere last night, and it was awesome. Eye opener, ya know? I also read - maybe in the same article - that as mothers we should know better than to judge one another. We should be strengthening and lifting each other instead of trying to compare. Because we all know how hard it is. And non-parents, judge all you want until you have children of your own. I don't care. I was also the perfect parent before I had kids ;) Just wait. *I add in "of your own" there because believe it or not, babysitting is ENTIRELY different than having your own midgets 24/7. Seriously. I'm the oldest of 6 and got my fair share of babysitting in... just trust me. 

My house is a disaster, but at least the dishes are done. Lucas stayed up until almost midnight the other night, but he slept in the cart during our entire trip to Costco. (Natural consequences, right? He really wanted to go to Costco later ;) I made freezer pasta for dinner tonight, and it ended up on the couch because I didn't feel like rounding kids up to a table I hadn't cleared off yet, but they are fed. 

Pick your battles and let perfection go. It's not gonna happen. Do the best you can, and when you can't, don't hold it against yourself. Try again tomorrow. That's all for now ;)