Children!

Well, my husband will be pleased with this post.

I have to say, it is days like these I wondered why I ever wanted more kids (no we are not having any more).

I love my kids, it is very true. We sing a very lovely goodnight song every night regardless of how mad we have been throughout the day. And today was a fine example of the madness encapsulating me.

Master 5 and full of independent attitude, woke up happy this morning, but his mood quickly changed. I don't really know why, but it has been building all year and I am pretty sure he is a tad jealous of Little Miss 3 staying home with me every day he has to go to school. So this morning before he even got dressed, it was on. All I could do (cause there is no way I can lift his wiggling bum onto his bed to punish him) was walk away and ignore him. I shut myself in my bedroom and waited a few minutes, then had to go and help Little Miss 3 get dressed for the day. I walked straight past the Master 5 who was full of attitude, and began my day.

After about 20 minutes he finally came round and did as he was aksed initially, and the morning seemed to go smoothly, for the next 20minutes.

We drove to school today as wednesday is music day for Little Miss 3 and we head straight to town from school. I had forgotten her ukelele so while the kids were buckling themselves in I ran back up to get the instrument. I came back to tears and screams and OMG I had had enough. At school I told Master 5's teacher that if he did not do his work properly this morning he was not allowed to attend soccer (an elective we have chosen, which just so happens to be held during class time, though we take home extra work to make up for what he misses). I found out he was fine today and really enjoyed his soccer. I was thinking that is great, hopefully this afternoon is much nicer.

Boy was I wrong.

Without going into detail, both children ended up in their beds for a period of time until I had calmed enough to allow them to play quietly in their bedrooms. This is where they stayed until dinner time, as I did not want to deal with anymore unnecessary bad behaviour. Needless to say, Master 5 just has a listening problem, and instead of having play time after dinner, he had a story and went straight to bed.

It feels like it has been such a long day, and now I can't wait for my dear husband to get home with a good drink!