March 9, 2002

• Go here and congratulate mammie on the birth of her twins    Now that is NOT an every day occurence.  CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN!!!

  
  

  Good morning   We still have a ton of snow outside.  BLUCHKY.  And I’m not dragging my kids out in it.  Yesterday every time they went out they came in with at least one child in tears.  TOO cold even with snow suits etc on.

  
  

  And then theirs my charming and brilliant babies.  (read dripping sarcasm)  They wanted to go out and “help” daddy get firewood.  So they wandered two steps out the back door BARE FOOT…yes that’s right bare foot.  And instantly started screaming cold blooded murder.  Kaylin was smart enough to walk back inside.  And cry.  Jamari just stood in the snow crying at the top of his lungs.  By all means don’t get your bare feet off the snow…just stand there waiting to be rescued.   

  
  

  I was 3 minutes short of being done removing all the wallpaper from one wall….and was very much resenting this interuption.  So let him scream for over a minute hoping beyond hope he would figure out that turning around and taking two steps would alleviate the pain.  He didn’t.  So I got down off my chair, and went and brought them in.   (not happily)  Brought them inside.  Aren’t they pathetic?  And aren’t I mean for not cuddling them.  I took this just as I was helping Samuel’s boots off and couldn’t hold them temporarily

  
  

       

  
  

    Meanwhile Samuel comes inside and he’s crying cause he’s cold.   Okay this is 3 babies screaming.  *sigh*    

  
  

  Rob is happily doing his “chore” oblivious to the fact that I’m ready to climb up a wall….and STAY there…preferably with ear plugs in

  
  

  He finally clues in I have 3 kids screaming.  So comes in and takes Jamari.  Samuel is wandering on the floor semi-happy.  I have removed his boots.  But he’s still COLD.  I’m attempting to make dinner.  Kaylin is on the floor “happy”  I’ve put her in warm pajamas and that has taken care of her complaint.   Zeria is hyper.  So the girls are running around back & forth screaming (happy screams)  like banchee’s.   

  
  

  Jamari is NOT happy…he wants to be held.  So Rob is holding him.  We realize Samuel has not removed his wet socks.  He’s sniffing/crying/whining.  Rob is getting grumpy.  hehehehe.  So Rob sits on the stairs puts Samuel on his other leg and starts to “help” Samuel remove his socks.  Samuel pulls his helpless act and will not sit up straight, etc.  Samuel looses his balance off of Rob’s lap (who is currently holding Jamari) and bangs his head on the step behind which they are sitting on.  Samuel is no longer whimpering he has full blown screams going.   Jamari has sympathy screams going.

  
  

  I take Samuel as I KNOW I can comfort him.  Rob takes Jamari.  I put Samuel on the kitchen counter beside me.  Give him tippy cup and realize his teeth are still chattering.    I send Zeria upstairs for his blanket to wrap around him to help him warm up.  Dinner is ready except for 5 minutes of simmering.  I take Samuel and cuddle with him on the rocking chair.  He has two blankets over him and he continues to chatter…and GUZZLE water.  He empty’s a tippy cup post haste and wants a second one.   Jamari is now happy though still wanting to be held…if Rob puts him down he howls.  The girls are still screaming like banchees back & forth back & forth across the full length of the house.    Samuel is laying very still teeth chattering.  He starts guzzling his second tippy cup.  Rob is setting the table carrying Jamari in his arms.  I’m amazed theirs any room left for water in Samuel’s tummy.    Samuel lets go of the tippy cup for a second.  Cough, cough cough he goes…and then looses both tippy cups of water out of his stomache along with the rest of his stomache contents all over me.   Rob runs to get me a towel to clean up.   I send Samuel to the toilet to finish the job.    Samuel comes back wants to cuddle.  Rob has brought me a new shirt as the old one is drenched (ewwwwwwwwwy)  

  
  

  Samuel cuddles on my lap teeth chattering uncontrollably.   And stays there until dinner is ready.  He eats dinner and is fine.  I guess he was just super cold. 

  
  

  I look at my watch and realize.  That all of this yes ALL of it has happened in less then 15 minutes.  How’s that for a record worth of stress   Dinner was a very quiet affair lol.  And the kids got to sit and finish Pete’s Dragon after dinner…as mommy and daddy figured kids moving was a sin by this point.  We needed a quiet time. 

  
  

  Bed time cameth early…and the day was quickly forgotten.   And now I can laugh at the insanity of my life…and at greeneyes who says my blogs make her feel “peaceful”

  
  

  There IS a lesson learned hear too.  I lost my sense of priorities there for a couple minutes.  The most important thing was to comfort my kids and get them OUT of the snow.  Not finish the last 3 minutes on my project.  If I had stopped when the first howl started things would have gone much easier.  But I was soooooooo close…and lost my sense of priorities.  And as a result things became much much worse.     BAD mommy moment.  But I think I learned from it…so that helps right????

  
  

  Father God, I thank you for this day.  I ask that things go well, and that Zeria has fun at the party she’s going to.  I thank you that I get to run away tonight.  And I ask for wisdom as I shop for lights etc that I will NOT get carried away spending money.  I pray that you will keep Rob safe on the slippery roads today, and guide each of us today in your sons name Amen.

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