Wishful thinking?

Ok, so do you think I should ask Jer to turn on the sprinklers or do you think that is ASKING for more snow???

Early mornings and not so pleasant suprises!

Ok, so this morning Li woke up before the other kids. I had a hard time waking up and figured it was just the fact that I was up till a little past midnight last night... right?

Well, up I get, and I go in the kitchen to get Li something to eat.


Well, I open to blinds, because, hey! who doesn't like natural light right? Wait a minute.... NO! Not again!

So THAT's why I had a hard time waking up! Grrrr... If this stuff kills my flowers I'm going to be TICKED! :P

YAY! They can play outside again!!!

Hooray! after a long and very snowy winter, one that I must admit, they saw very little sun in, it is warm enough to play OUTSIDE!!

I never realized as a kid that not only I looked forward to being outside, my parents probably looked forward to it too. :) I mean... in the winter, who REALLY wants to bundle up the kids in all their gear just to have them come back inside within 15min tracking all sorts of wintery goodness with them? Then there is the subsequent clean up.

But, NOW all I have to say is "You want to go in the backyard and play?" then "Ok, get on your shoes and your jacket and go outside then" :D no more running screaming through the house for extended periods of time! it's "Go outside and scream to your hearts content!" No more bouncing off the walls it's "Go outside and play tag!" Isn't mom full of fun suggestions now?

I love spring! and my crocuses are coming up, and my daffodils too! And HEY! I think I see a tulip starting over there!!!! That's great kids! You can pick the blooms off of them. It's enough for me to know that they are there! Nothing can go wrong in the spring. Mom is a MUCH happier person.

I can't WAIT for spring!

And no necessarily because of the warm weather... though that WOULD be nice about now.

No, It's because of the CRAP that my family keeps getting. First RSV, then colds, now something else (I pray it's not the Flu that the flu shots don't work for... please please please).

I'm tired of my kids faces being covered in snot, I'm tired of them fighting cause they are grouchy because of fever or too little sleep, but mostly .... I'm tired of having to take care of everyone when I too feel like my head is in a vice or worse!

I know I know.... complain,complain. And for the rest of you mom's out there, you know how I feel! Oh, these are the days that I miss being a teenager and being allowed to sit in the tub for hours with a good book. Or be able to take a nap at 10am or 3pm or heaven forbid 7 pm and stay up till 2am without any major hurdles to be jumped.

So, until such a time as my kidlets are feeling better and the weather is good enough to send them outside when they are loud or fighting I will have to settle for a small nap on Saturday or the conundrum of whether or not to take a bath instead while the spouse in home to hold down the fort till I get out. What a good Hubby he is :)

--------- 2 1/2 hours later --------
Ahhhh sleeeeep. Yes, I decided to nap. Good decision :)