Reminded

After I posted my last post I went to look at the entry. I was caught by the title of this blog - "Content in the Chaos." Today was not a good day as far as contentment goes. I need to work on that for tomorrow. "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance (patience), kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law." Galatians 5:22-23


God, help me to live this out every day - even on the long, stressful, chaotic days. Help me to love like you do. Help me to be the wife, mother, & woman You created me to be.

Rough Day

Today was a rough day. Stressful. Almost overwhelming. Exhausting. And here I am, at 10 pm, blogging.

I'm not sure why today was so rough. Nothing jumps out at me as different than normal. But today just felt long.

Dylan was a crazy man all day, constantly hanging on me, whining, disobeying. Pushing the button on that annoying Lightening McQueen. Schooling didn't go well - he just wasn't interested in any of it today. I saw a couple glimpses of what I thought was interest, but it was just the glimmer of "what naughty thing can I do next?" in his eyes.

Baby A didn't want to nap, deciding to finally nap when he should be waking up & waking up right when Dylan went to take a nap. After some play time & a bottle, baby A went back to sleep for an hour. He also managed to poop out of his diaper & all up his back before his afternoon nap. He's teething & is having crazy poop & a terrible diaper rash. I was so ready for some peace & quiet after all of that! I tried to recover from the crazy morning & tried to prepare for the long afternoon.

I had to wake Dylan up after a 2 1/2 hour nap (no wonder he was so whiny) so we could take baby A to the doctor. After the doctor it was dropping off Avon books, going to the bank, grocery shopping, hauling 2 disgruntled kids home.

Thank goodness for my fantastic husband who arrived home just minutes after I did & hauled in all the groceries for me, made the dinner that I was too exhausted to make & stayed with the boys while I finished up the grocery shopping I hadn't accomplished earlier. He was a little frazzled when I got home, but who wouldn't be after trying to put 2 active, wild boys to bed by yourself? He then retrieved all the groceries from the van for me (again!) & helped me put them away. He's a keeper!

Now I am worried about tomorrow. Will it be the same? We had such a good week last week & I can't figure out why today was so rough. I think I am heading to bed soon to pray for tomorrow to be better.

Dylan-isms

So it's been almost 9 months since my last update - wow. Apparently I got a little sidetracked. Not long after the previous entry we took a break from our preschool work. Dylan wasn't catching it, we were both frustrated & I ended up having to go back to work. Just recently we have started schooling again, with a simpler program by the creators of Letter of the Week. It is a preschool prep course called http://letteroftheweek.com/Preparatory.html. So far we are really enjoying it. But more on that later. Right now I want to share some Dylan-isms.

First, I have to say that 2 1/2 is fun. He's so funny & he is starting to get things, but he is still such a baby in some areas. One area I have noticed this the most is in his speech. He says the most hysterical things, sometimes on purpose & sometimes out of "babyness." I want to share some with you:

• "I not can't find it" - I can't find it.
• "Slippers-sippairs" - The Berenstine Bears
• "Buzz take Woody spot. My daddy telled me so." Apparently Derrick told Dylan that Buzz took Woody's spot in the Toy Story movie. Derrick does not remember this conversation. 

Here's an exchange between Dylan & me this morning:

Dylan: We eat pillows?

Mama: No, we don't eat pillows.

D: We eat blankies?

M: No, we don't eat blankies.

D: We chew blankies? 

M: No...well, I guess you do.

D: Mama chew a blankie?

M: Nope, I don't chew a blankie.

D: Mama have a Geekie (Dylan's stuffed monkey)

M: Nope, Mama doesn't have a Geekie.

D: That sad, Mama. That sad. 

What a nut! We love how funny & goofy & smart he is getting. He makes us laugh every day & we are thankful for it!