Sunday Fun, and Aggravation!!!

Today started out well.....I got up when Mark did and stayed up after he left at 6:15am. Creston had spent the night with Nana & Paw-Paw last night, so I only had Mackie to get ready for church. We got ready (after realizing that one of Macks black boots had been carried off by the new stray puppy!!!!) and got to church in time for Sunday School. Mackie became extreemly restless during SS, so we went outside before church started. During the service, Mack was almost unbearable! Bless his little stinkin' heart!!! Lordy Mercy!! I really wondered if anyone in the sanctuary would mind if I just popped his little booty right there without leaving the room! He was fussing and screaming and hitting (me & Nana & Creston) and just generally being a nightmare! He ALWAYS does this to me when Mark is not there! Mark swears that it's because Mack KNOWS that Mark won't stand for that type of behavior, but I don't WANT to stand for it either! I correct them when they do wrong, and I'll put Mackie in his Crib to mull things over a bit before getting him back out again.....I explain why they have been punished and have even adopted a deeper voice when they need discipline! Nothing works! I'm just destined to lose my mind slowly.....little by little!!! Pray for my brain!!!



Well.....I had decided before Church that AFTERWARDS, we would go to the park and have a picnic and I'd let the boys play! I was ready to ditch that idea, but decided that maybe they just needed to release some energy, so off we went. They did calm down, and had quite a bit of fun! They decided that the slide in the picture below was their absolute favorite!!! Mackie complied when I asked him to say "Cheese"!
This is the first time that Creston has been big enough to climb this ladder! He LOVES anything that could possibly resemble anything Fire-related, so this was his Fire Ladder!!!

My fellers on one of the Bridges. I liked the barn with the quilt block in the upper part, but it dodn't show up as well as I had hoped it would.

And.....Playing in the creek!!! They LOVED this too! It was HOT today, and Mackie got in with his shoes on and I decided that it was perfectly FINE since they were no longer fighting with each other!

We had a good time, but once in the car, it all started again....the touching, the yelling, the smacking, the "Moooooooommmmmmmmmm"!!! AAAGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! Will it ever end?????? I ask myself this alot here lately. Then I remind myself how horrible a person I am since I obviously do NOT appreciate the gift that God gave me of these two little men. It's not that I don't appreciate them or love them to pieces, it's just that after a certain period of time, when all you've heard is screaming and yelling and fighting mixed in with a chorus of "Mom!!!" and "WHY???" and "How 'bout.....", you kinda start to feel as though you're loosing it! Really......

Mark doesn't understand this......................he's not with them like I am. It's funny to try to explain to him why I resemble Attila the Hun every time he comes home from work. "New look, baby! Does it work for you????" I HONESTLY just need to have QUIET sometimes. Some time to myself that does NOT involve little people pushing stuff under the bathroom door at me, or hearing the light taps at the door followed by "Mommy????? When are you coming out?? Daddy said to come out now....." My ears actually pondered leaving me this last week.......they knocked on my brain and said "Hey! Buddy!! What's the DEAL with all the racket???? We're not geared for decibles like that! That's not in our contract! Cut the noise, or we're taking a hike!!"

It's a SAD day, when a grown woman looks at her 2 year old and BEGS for him to PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, "If you love mommy" CALM DOWN!!!!!!!!! Followed by a impish grin and MORE noise! My mom used to tell me that she was going to give me to the Garbage Man if I didn't straighten up. I fully understand the reasoning behind that now.

So..........how do rational adults get through this phase of life with their sanity and ears intact??? I HAVE NO IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! !!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!! I'm not sure what route to take......with Mark's schedule, he really can't take them off my hands too often, and what would I do if he did? I just want to SLEEP for about 48 hours straight! He couldn't keep them quiet for that length of time........and if he can, then I'LL take up the Firefighting and he can stay at home, cause that's a talent he could bottle and sell! I tell ya!! Shew! Makes my ears ring just thinking about the noise! Both little sweetie-pies are currently sleeping, but mark my words, the second this typing stops and the lights go out so I can go to sleep, Mack will be rolling around and hollering something at me...........like clockwork! Who needs an alarm clock when you've got your very own Mackie!!!

Oh me.............I needed to vent, and I suppose that I now have....Please don't get me wrong, I ABSOLUTELY Adore my kids, love them as much as anyone could love their children.....I just need a reprieve! Some quiet time for my ears to heal! A few precious moments in my day to relax and unwind without the pitter-patter of those little boy feet roaming towards me at alarmingly increasing speeds until "POW!!!" Mommy's out cold again!!

Did I mention that I found out tonight that Rice can't be swept up........it must be vaccumed up........AND.....while I was getting the rice out of the floor (beneath his highchair), Mack decided to drip drop his milk onto my head and then took his hand and rubbed it in.........THAT was when I realized what he had done........I don't smell good now........I don't care..........I'm just tired and want to go to sleep which is what I'm going to go and do...........until Mack wakes me up again! Ready for the next battle!

Till next time!!!