It's Like Night and Day

This week was a breeze compared to last week! My little angel is back; Mason was so good at school and at home! Madison is teething so she has been a little needy but somehow, even with her feeling bad, this week was so much easier than last week.

This week was full of play. We managed to squeeze in a few play dates with our friends from the neighborhood. We even had a pajama day!

A dress ourselves day, complete with our favorite rain boots. (It's not raining) :):)

We even got to play outside.

 

Both kids had so much fun destroying the play room. Gotta love a messy play room!

Last week was such a struggle for me but this week was such a blessing! It is still so amazing to me how things can change so fast in the world of parenting. One minute I'm pulling my hair out and ready to throw in the towel and the next week I'm counting my blessings and am having the time of my life. I guess when it's all said and done I need weeks like last week so I can appreciate weeks like this week even more. I just hope those weeks are few and far between!

Family Fun Day

Last weekend Ronny was off so we decided to take the kids to Fossil Rim. Mason had a blast! He loved feeding the animals. Honestly, I think just being able to roam the car and not be buckled in was an adventure for him. Madison was so good too. She was just along for the ride and didn't really show any emotion until a Zebra walked by her window and then she wouldn't stop laughing. 

The 'mean bird' as Mason calls him, wouldn't stop pecking my car!

My favorite part was feeding the giraffes.

The Small Things

This week has been a difficult one. Mason had a cold at beginning of the week, Madison is teething, Ronny had a busy schedule and I just tried to survive. For some reason this week was one of those weeks I was always 10 steps behind where I needed to be. I couldn't get ahead no matter how hard I tried. It seems like I would get breakfast cleaned up with about 30 minutes to spare before I'd have to start making lunch. As soon as I got one mess cleaned up another mess was made. This was one of those weeks I wanted to re-evaluate my job description.

In the middle of it all I started to think this week was never going to end and I wasn't going to make it. Actually there was one moment when I caught Mason playing in the toilet that I thought he wouldn't survive the week but I'm happy to report all of us are still alive and kicking :) Sitting here I think it was the little things that got me through the week.

The daily walks I got to take with a few neighbors, the kids and I got to eat lunch with Ronny one day, there was one day both kids napped at the same time and I got to make an hour long uninterrupted phone call to a great friend, Ronny surprised me and had today off so we spent the day together running errands, yesterday Madison started saying 'momma' while crawling from one room to the next, and out of the blue Mason looked at me and said 'I need you momma and I love you big big big'.

In the end its the little things that get me through the rough patches and make it all worth while.