Dear me on a "bad mommy" day in the future,
Hey, I know how it can be. Some days you/I/we just stand there, teeth-grindingly annoyed, thinking, "get a job! go back to work! why am I home with these children? why did I think I should be doing this SAHM thing?"
Well, today was good, the kind of day that makes me think "I'm not so bad at this after all." So, when you're feeling crappy, check this out.
- Wakeup, cleanup, showered, out the door to the library for toddler program.
- Meet up with our friends. Hang out at the library. Come back here for lunch, playing, and a visit.
- Worn out from everything, girls fall asleep quickly and have a big nap.
- DaddySutra has one of his rare work all day then go back to work days (and another tomorrow: fantastic), but I planned ahead and started the slow cooker in the morning, and thawed out buns to bake, and bought salad yesterday. Yes, a festival of convenience foods. No, not the healthiest stuff in the world. But, we all like it, and it's easy, and it was ready when everyone needed to eat.
- Finished supper, made bathtub paint for the girls who were covered in bbq sauce and needed to be cleaned up ASAP. The had a great time painting the shower, while the conditioner soaked in, then I just
hosed them downturned on the shower. They even cleaned the shower, wiping off all the paint with washcloths. Excellent. - Let them watch some shows while I cleaned up and took my sanity break to read blogs.
- Baking! We made orange coffee cake for the first time. After making the apple crumb cake last week and eating way too much of it because it was really really good, I got smart and decided to make the cake (for DaddySutra to take to work tomorrow), but also make 12 mini muffins with the batter so I could try it but not overload myself with the calories. Great idea. And it's really good, like a creamsicle cake.
- Not such a great idea: letting your kid (younger sis) play with the baking soda, because baking soda is cheap, right? And how much of a mess can she make? Well, she can make a huge mess, and even after cleaning up there's a weird residue on the floor that makes the chairs kind of stick. And I also gave big sis the box of salt, because salt is cheap, right, and how much of a mess...yeah, so roughly two pounds of white crap on the floor. Bleargh.
- And then Daddy came home and there was much rejoicing.
Not a perfect day, but we did lots and had fun and I feel pretty good about things. So, don't be discouraged: I know that day will come, maybe tomorrow, maybe on the next full moon...but it'll be okay.
love,
MamaSutra (me)