Just in case you think life here on Burgundy Lane is always CandyLand (and so that one day when my kids are parents they will see that their lives are nOrMaL), I assure you it is not. :)
Yesterday was hard. really hard
This is what I woke up to. dishes lined up for miles for their chance at the dishwasher
i didn't get a shower.
clark was hanging on me like a magnet, non stop crying, and leaving (what i like to call) a "roach trail" of crumbs all over the house. sigh. pick up, and pick up some more.
annmarie was trying out for the "most words in a day" contest
my floor was (is) crunchy.
the laundry was piled up to the window sill in the laundry room.
i had a pitty party for myself and got my feelings hurt because (long story) i felt "stuck in the house" with the kids and missing out on other things going on.
i realized i had to give up some "activities" in order to not feel overwhelmed.
i had a long good cry. in fact, i sobbed.
(bright spot) my friend, kristiana, talked it all out with me, and we just about solved all the world's problems :)
dinner? i hadn't even thought about it.
(bright spot) sean (who always makes me feel better after one of my rants!) and i ended up being able to (unexpectedly) go on a date for dinner, during which i made up with myself and realized that i am "living the (my) dream". i'm doing this for my kids. it's not always a cakewalk for me. but my "stay at homeness" is for them---just a little for me. :)
during my cry fest, i lamented about how on days like that, i feel like i'm not the most creative mother in the world, all i'm able to get done is provide their basic needs, i wish i was better at it, blah, blah, blah and in the blog world where the buzz word is to be "real", then here it is folks.
it ain't easy
BUT
that was yesterday. :)
AnnMarie has fallen into the category of "professional smiler", as Sean has deemed it.
AnnMarie and her buddies, Niyah and Alayna, had fun watching the cheerleaders (no, not the game) :) 
