Well, see? I told you it would be sporadic! Here it is, the 21st, and I haven't posted in awhile.
Well, let's see. This week is definitely better than the last time I wrote. I visited a friend last week, and had a good long talk about my kids and my moods and problems with them.
My Best Friend, Dani, is EXACTLY like me. It's scary how much we are alike. She's 10 years older than me, but I would swear we were separated at birth.
We are alike in every way, even in our attitudes about children. She, doesn't like, and has never liked, other people's kids. She likes her own just fine, but cant' stand other peoples'. So what does she do now? She runs a daycare. She watches after up to 9 kids a day. For other people.
She had issues just like me. Anger issues. Growing up issues. BUT, she has come through it, and is teaching me how to be a better mommy. This last week has been SO different than the previous few weeks. I handle my children better, for the most part. I have had a couple of blow ups, but not nearly like they were. My kids react better to me when I am not a raving lunatic. They react better to one another when I'm not a raving lunatic. Who can blame them? They are special, sensitive little people. Each has SUCH a strong personality, that they think their way is the right way, and no one else's. Despite the fact that I am mommy. That doesn't matter to them.
But, I have found a better way of handling them. And, except for a few minor incidents, life has been better around here.

Today, we had my parents and my hubby's parents down for supper for L's Birthday. She'll be Four on Thursday, and I will be CRYING!! I can not believe she is this big already. I love her so much. She is such a sweetheart. Except when she doesn't get her way, but what 3 almost 4 year old isn't that way???
We're having a second party on Saturday for all the little kids. It started out as just Dani, her 2 kids, and mine. Well, it's blown up into Dani, her two, my sister, her two, my friend Suzy, her two, my friend Shanna, her two, My friend Valerie, her youngest. I think that's it. I'll have to double check my list. And on Friday, I'll have to go get more party supplies. I bought enough stickers to hand out to 4 kids, not 12. Ugh. What a thrill that'll be. Plus, it's supposed to be about 95 degrees. SO, we'll be having them ALL outside. I am not having 12 children running around my house destroying things, no matter how hot it is outside. We'll have the sprinkler running so they can run through it to cool off. We're having a chalk drawing competition, where I'll hand each of them a chalk piece, and designate them a square of sidewalk to color up all they want. I'll have balloons for each of them to take home. It should be fun. If we don't all melt.
Ok. I'm off to see what my hubby's up to. He royally pissed me off earlier tonite, so we need to go have a "chat."
Ta-Ta!!!