Simpsons

(my favorite children's book)

My last few posts have been not so happy. Today I entered what felt like the 9th circle of hell and at the very end made my way out of it.

I was up late the night before so I was tired this morning. Not out of the norm as usual. Then it began, the running around trying to find things for school, get kids out the door on time, etc, etc. Ashton cried most of the day (except while at mackenzie's dance, I am grateful for small miracles) he won't eat much and he just keeps tugging at his ears so we are headed back to the doctors tomorrow. Mackenzie had one meltdown after another today, went through 5 different outfits to ensure I had enough laundry to do, and pooped on the lawn in the backyard which resulted in the mother of all meltdowns after she got in ginormous trouble for that. Landon complained all afternoon that "it's not fair". You name it, it's is not fair for him. Eventually I found him outside in his underwear peeing on the rocks in our backyard. Why? Because it's not fair that mackenzie got to poop in the backyard.

Someone please have mercy on my sanity.

I met jared at the door when he walked in from work and I walked out to stop by a friends and run some errands. I left 3 dirty kids and a house that looked like a natural disaster had occurred inside it. This could have been a picture of me at the very moment jared got home.

I left. I came home just over an hour later a little less stressed. Walked into the kitchen and found it all cleaned up, no toys on the floor, no cupboards cleaned out and on the floor courtesy of ashton, no shoes strewn throughout the hallway, and best of all no kids awake. Jared rescued my sanity and made tomorrow start off a little better since I can now sleep without having to think about what I didn't get cleaned up. I also have to say that Ethan did his best to help me. He did everything I asked him to when I asked him to do it. That I would say is a giant miracle and I am even more grateful for those ones.