ugh!!!

you ever just have one of those days?????!!!!! i'm having one today. up until 30 minutes ago, the girls had been wonderful all day ..... in fact, i didn't have to use the no no spoon at all, which is a rare occurence around here these days! let me give you a brief outline of how our day has gone ..... only a few incidents, i know, but each one has taken up enough time to to keep me quite busy from the time their little feet hit the floor running this morning.

first of all, " the storm" wakes me up in somewhat of a panic early this morning. i watch the news/weather pretty regularly. totally missed this forcast i guess. i lay in bed listening to the wind howling, at what seemed to be 100 mph, in fear that our roof was going to blow right off the top of our house or that a tree was going to come toppling down on us at any given moment. neither of those are good thoughts when you have babies one room over, or when you have your house on the market! we weathered the storm and an hour and a half later, the girls got up in a great mood! yeah for me! since the weather is yucky, we obviously won't be getting out today, so a good mood is imperative on days like today. otherwise, i'm in rare form/have cabin fever come noon time! so, we have breakfast, then we play with puzzles, our babies ("baby cohen" as they call them now! :0), etc. suddenly we feel the living room upstairs isn't good enough .... we want to go downstairs. ok, fine with me. afterall, it is a change of scenery, and that is good for me too once in a while! so downstairs we go. we're playing, dancing, singing, having a grand ole time when i decide to go up and get them a snack. i go bouncing up the stairs (excited that they're still in a good mood and its now 10am), get to the top, turn the handle only to find that the DOOR IS LOCKED!! oh no!! the door has an actual lock that requires a key - theres no credit card or license thats going to get this baby unlocked! thank goodness i had brought a phone down. i called geoff and again, thank goodness, he was relatively close to the house. he came home and freed us! so that never happens again, he hung a key beside the door so that we have one just incase!

soon enough its time for lunch, which today, was PB &J complete with dorritos. don't know why i do that to myself (the dorritos). you can't cheat a child out of dorritos, but man they always end up covered in sticky cheesy dorrito seasoning from head to toe! complete with orange stained fingers, we get cleaned up and play some more. i wanted to call bonnie to see how her night was last night, so i thought, perfect. they're bellies are full, they're content. i'll call her now. wouldn't you know as soon as i get on the phone they start their screaming, fighting, look at me, all out fits. mind you, they were being fine up until i got on the phone. i go upstairs for just a minute to grab a pair of panties for grace (she had an "as'dent") to come back down and find them soaking wet!!! oh, was i mad! they had gotten josie's water bowl and attempted to get her some more water - shes not even here today - shes with geoff - they evidently thought she needed some water though. the sink is way out of their reach, and the bowl was FULL of water already, so water ended up ALL over the floor, ALL over them. did i happen to mention i was pretty upset???!!!! so, one roll of paper towels later and a change of clothes for the 2 of them, we're back in business. little did they know this time, business is a nap! its beddy bye time! time for a little shut eye! see ya in a couple of hours (hopefully!) p.s. as i sit here typing this, nearly one hour after putting them down, they're still up there playing, talking, doing God knows what else! i'm scared to find out!

so, thats my day so far in a nutshell. just a day in the life of a mom with 2 two year olds! isn't life grand! actually it is! and as i've had a minute to sit here and unwind, i remind myself of this ...... from psalm 127 ... "children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him."

thank you, Lord for my children! even though they do make me angry at times, i love them with every ounce of my being and will care for them as you have entrusted me to do!

so, i have to ask, whats going on in your life today?? whatever it might be, i hope you are having a FABULOUS tuesday as well! :0)

love to all!
julie