The Mom's Book of Worries

Supervision is perhaps a parents biggest and most time consuming task. It takes little ones mere seconds to perform the most destructive of acts!

Mine for instance can poop their pants and then manage to get it all over the bathroom in a moment. While I think they are using the potty as directed, they are in fact wipping thier soiled hands all over the rug, shower curtain and wall. Then they proceed to roll the entire roll of toilet paper into the commode before flushing and coming to me for a high five.

I take that moment to understand that something is amiss of course, thankfully before giving them their bowl of finger food snacks! I mean gross!

The funny picture I found for today, shows another set of kids doing what imaginative and healthy children do too often. Whatever they find interesting at that moment. Good luck to all the parent's out there who have creative and active kids!

I saw this pic on a what's wrong with this image page. I just loved it! It shows exactly how I feel today! Or maybe as close as it can get.

Today I am having brain surgery. So I will be feeling like a log drove plowed through my head for awhile. So I may not be actively blogging for awhile. (To say the least)

So hang in there with me, and I'll start up again as soon as the wood chipper gets here!

OK, not what you though I'd blog about... But I do believe that TV cannot replace parenting, and should never be used as a babysitter.

With that said, I just can't help to think that it is very useful in lolling some children to sleep. Case in point, this little guy! :)

My kids love watching toons in the morning as they wake up, and toons in their rooms when they are winding down. I try to keep it limited, but on rainy days, who doesn't love to snuggle up to the TV with a good show?

Do you ever feel like your kids have you right where they want you? I know there are days when I feel like the kids get the better of me right from the start!

But when I feel like they are pushing every button I have and my temper is about to flare, I try to remember that it's all perception. Sometimes stepping back and looking from a different angle is all it takes to turn a head banging moment to a laugh. Or at the very least, a sigh.