For example, today we were painting some t-shirts (a Christmas gift from Aunt Tammy) and I could not keep track of the four oldest. Thankfully, Baby R hasn't been feeling well (I'm not thankful she's sick) and has been sleeping a tonne. So she slept through this activity. Thankfully.
Moving on.
There were about 12 little bottles of paint, four children (ages - 7, 6, 3, 2), four t-shirts, and ONE me! Needless to say there were many outbursts of: "Grab that bottle!" Where's W?" W, no, stop. Put that down." "OOOHhhh, W, that's CJ's shirt. No. No. No. Not nice, W."
We accomplished the craft though. Each child has a t-shirt. Baby R has 3 diaper shirts and we even did one of Daddy's white shirts up with hand prints!!
So, have you had "one of those days" lately?
Was today a "bad" day because it had a number of those moments? I don't think so. I really had a good day. We went for a walk. The big girls visited with the neighbor. I got to talk with family on the webcam. I even got a bunch of dishes and laundry done. No one really lost it, ok, maybe a little. Poor W just wanted to paint. :(
Oh, I've had much worse days than today. This certainly isn't my worst day! So why link to Amber's post? She got me thinking. :)
I think a "good" day and a "bad" day are determined by our attitude and our outlook. I was really starting to get frustrated with the kids and with Baby R being so clingy. What did I do about it? Most days like this I get angrier and more frustrated. Most days we haven't been able to go outside. Today was warm so I bundled Baby R up, put rubber boots on us all and we went for a walk. We went to the Minimart to grab a coffee (french vanilla) and a lollipop for everyone.
We had a "good" day. How do you determine a good or bad day? Can you change the course of your day halfway through if you see it "going south"? I encourage you to try. It was not all that long ago that I wouldn't even try to make the day better. I'd just follow it down the drain.
2 comments:
Good days versus bad days definitely hinge on my mood and outlook. Mostly...days when I get enough sleep are "good days" and when I'm tired, everything seems to go wrong - even if really it was a very good day!
Yep, sometimes I go for the changing the course of the day approach.
Sometimes it is more beneficial to go to the park (weather permitting as it almost always is here:o), let the children run off some steam and breathe...breathe...
Now my boys are older I actually take my bible or another good book on these "park breaks".
Enjoy those littlies while you have them. Believe me the time flies!
Ruby
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