Spring Break 2008

Ah.....now this is my idea of a Spring Break! But instead of laying out at the beach, I'm here at home with my two precious kids. Brian is gone this week with the youth group on a mission trip in Mexico. He won't be back until Friday so let the adventure begin!!

Brian travels quite a bit - so this isn't the first time I've been a "single mom" for the week.

However, you know it's going to be a LONG week when Monday morning starts off like this...

7:15a.m. - McKenna begins whining for breakfast - she's been in bed with me since 6:00a.m.

7:35a.m. - Hear Parker up so I go upstairs to get him out of his crib, only to walk in on him playing in....YOU GUESSED IT.... poop! Need I say more! Good morning to me! (Did I also mention I woke up with a horrible sinus headache that STILL has not gone away!)

9:45a.m. - Out the door, I have an appt for Parker to have his picture made. McKenna arguing about what shoes she wants to wear. I give up that battle and load them in the van.

9:59a.m. - Arrive at Studio1 for Parker's pictures and fill out the order form, then to be informed that the 9:30 appt had just arrived and they'd come get us as soon as she was finished.

10:15a.m. - STILL waiting at the photo studio trying to "chorale" my kids in their "waiting area"

10:25a.m. - A lady finally comes and tells me that the girl is doing her "senior portraits" and is having wardrobe changes and they will come get Parker to "squeeze us in" between her next outfit change - I thought..."GEE THANKS!"

10:35a.m- they finally come get Parker only to find they are HORRIBLE with kids - Parker is screaming and the two people taking the pictures did NOTHING to entertain him, distract him, or CONVINCE him to try to smile... so I'm acting like an idiot trying to get him to smile while McKenna is taking ever PROP off their shelf to play with! AH!!!

(All this is going on while the Senior girl and her mother are standing their starring at us waiting for us to get out their way... you could tell that mom was irritated. But HELLO!!! I had a 10:00 appt that didnt happen until about 10:40 because they couldn't show up to their appt on time!)

Since Parker didn't "cooperate" with the lady - I guess she just gives up so she can get back to the senior shoot, so she hands off the memory stick from the camera to some guy and says, "see if we got anything out of that that we can make work".... Excuse me?!?!? That's it?!?!

So after more wrestling with my kids to make them behave and quit getting into everything we go for a walk - I tell the guy, we'll be back in a minute. McKenna in the meantime has been acting up and deserved a major "trip to the bathroom" if you get my drift.... So after we took care of that situation, we gain our composure and go back to the Studio.

Finally around 11:10a.m. we were done and I just picked a pose to finish this horrendous experience! WHEW!!! So why did we stay and endure through the horrible Studio One photo-op??? Well first of all, I'm horrible at being incredibly frustrated but not complaining or saying anything....second, when I made the appt the girl took my credit card # and I was afraid if I had just left, they would charge my credit card for "their time"....

-We then head home for lunch and NAPS - which they both needed MAJORLY.... Although McKenna fought laying down for forever, she only slept for like 45 minutes!!!

Ugh....

Needless to say I'm worn out and it's only 4:00pm the same day Brian left for Mexico!

4 more days to go (AND COUNTING)....

I don't know - talk about a FRAZZLED MOM.... that's been me today.

But I know that the Lord is bigger than me and even though this may seem so minor compared to what could be going on in my life....I am slowly realizng and accepting that I need my God to be my ALL in my everyday life!!

Lord, give me strength, patience, endurance, unconditional love, and self control this week!

(Thanks for letting me vent!)