Afternoons are sometimes rough. With a late bedtime for the kiddos, an early start to the day, and a fun morning at the park, I decided to put Joe for a nap. While he was sleeping Camilla got in some reading and a work sheet. Joseph woke up sweaty and SUPER cranky, and I wanted to send him right back to bed. Instead we plopped down on the couch and I tried to calm him with the worlds longest hug (while he whimpered for a hug) and nurse/console Finley all at the same time. My lap was full. No amount of hugging or loving was calming Joe, so we got comfy and decided to just wait it out. For the next half hour he cried on my lap while I closed my eyes and tried my darndest not to nod off. Eventually I layed him down beside me because I was too tired to sit there anymore. Before I knew it, Finley started making eyes at him and giggling. I plopped him down on Joseph and all of the sudden I had my smiley two year old back. Next time I will definitely pull that card a whole lot sooner. They were so cute I had to take a picture.
Then before I knew it it was time to tidy up the house and get dinner in the oven so that we could skip off to soccer. Dinner produced a nice mixture of emotions ranging from yum-I-love-this to there's-no-way-in-the-world-I'm-going-to-eat-this. With the clock ticking away I tried to convince one child he was old enough to feed himself, while another child licked his plate clean and requested seconds and the last child took their time to enjoy it. I topped up Finley and reminded them to keep eating from the livingroom. Then we put our shoes on and raced out the door to drive to the field. Hyrum played super well!
And when you look like this at the end of a long day, you just know it's been a good one!
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