Today I was planning to share some fun pictures from my week & not really write much but as I started to do that I thought to myself, um not so much, because the pictures would totally be misleading in regards to how my week actually played out. Here is why, the pictures posted would only show the really fun & good times from my week instead of telling the story behind them.
This week has been the hardest week I've ever had as a stay-at-home mommy. Seriously! This week Noah has not played with his toys, really at all. Usually his days are filled with playing cars, choo choos, airplanes, and the soccer ball. This week, nothing interested him. Also, he would not take a nap until after 4 pm every day making it a very long day for the both of us. Plus, this week was probably the most I've ever had to put him in time out. Time outs now have turned from sitting in the chair in his room for 2 minutes into him screaming & crying for 10-30 minutes in his room. He just loses it anytime he hears, "time out" to the point that he needs to throw a long drawn out fit in his room. Noah has been testing how far he can push before he gets into trouble, fun times. Adding to all of this, Johnny was pretty busy all week so we really haven't seen too much of one another, making it a very long week at home with Noah. In the evenings, I've had a lot of commitments & things going on. With all that said, this week was seriously exhausting.
Don't get me wrong there have been some really great moments this week with Noah that dont include whining, crying, fits, and time outs. Plus this week was filled with lots of hanging out with friends. Not to mention, I totally went all Pinterest mommy over here & actually made a ton of stuff from my toddler board. I made 7 activity bags filled with things for Noah to do. I'll have to take a picture & share them next week. They really came in handy this week with Noah not wanting to play with toys. Last week we tried out painting with water colors & this week we did a whole lot more of that. Its been fun sharing art with him.
Anyhoo, so instead of just posting all of the fun times from this week I decided to go ahead & share the not so fun stuff with you as well. Here's to hoping that next week is way better & that this weekend is great!
Happy Weekend Friends!
~Brit
Girl I can TOTALLY relate. I feel like my life has been exactly the same lately with these littles. We are potty training and one of the twins is always trying to put their hands in the toilet after Ian is done "trying". I just want to go sit out on the roof some days and it's been really really hot here. EEK! His grace is sufficient. His grace is sufficient. That's become my mantra.
ReplyDeleteoh my. thats tough. I need to start potty training my 2 year old, hopefully I will get around to it soon. I need to keep repeating that to myself, His grace is sufficient, love that!
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I remember my daughter at that age...not easy! I used to have a chair for her to sit on, and I would put the timer to the oven on, When the bell went off it was time for her to come and apologize. Well she was in time out so often, that eventually she started to put herself in there if she did something she knew was naughty! Missy is now 10 and I get compliments from strangers because she is such a good kid. Moral of the story - it might be hard right now, but it pays off in the end. Sidewalk chalk is a great way to keep the kids busy, its fun, keeps them busy for hours and it washes off when he's finished!
ReplyDeleteThanks for this encouragement. I know, i feel like i put him in time out so often he should know just to go sit in his chair but that hasn't happend yet. lol. Sidewalk chalk sounds fun! I think when it cools off I will be using it, right now our little bums would burn up if we sat on the cement. lol
DeleteThanks for sharing that! Kids can get exhausting! Hope you have a much better week ahead!
ReplyDeleteThanks :)
DeleteYes they can be, but we all know its worth it! I think it helps to have a place to share our bad days. lol