Man, today has been one of those days. You would think that it would have been great since it did start out fairly well. We were able to get up nice and early for church. Adam and I were almost completely ready before getting the girls out of bed. I made sourdough pancake batter last night so it was ready for us to finish off and have delicious pancakes this morning. Well, I liked them. I think the sourdough is going to have to grow on the rest of them. :)
We had a good ride into church and a decent time at church. It would have been perfect if Eden hadn't decided this was going to be the day to be grouchy ALL through every meeting of church. Nursery can not come soon enough. A little over a month and she'll be in there with her sister. :)
Besides the crying, I mean screaming, coming from the backseat of the car we had a great ride home from church. Montanna told us how she had a wonderful time in nursery and they let her sing "If Your Happy and you Know it". She loves that song. They even got to do "Ring around the Rosie". We all made it home, even Eden, who didn't think she was going to, and ate a snack. Montanna had a banana and Eden had a piece of cheese and the girls took pretty good naps.
Then.... Montanna and Eden must have both woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Montanna has decided that not only does she not want to listen, but she wants to do the EXACT opposite of everything I ask her to do. She is having a hard time being nice to her sister and even resorts to hitting her at times, which is NOT acceptable at all. She also always wants whatever Eden is playing with. This type of behavior made me turn into a "Mean Mommy". I need to get the Love and Logic book from the library because everyone keeps telling me about it and I really think I would benefit from some of the things in there. Montanna had several time outs where she was screaming in her room. I don't like it at all when our afternoons or days are like this. I need to figure something out so I can be a "Nice Mommy" all the time.
We are trying to teach Eden how to share, but this is a difficult task for any young kid to understand especially one that is almost 17 months old. I try to remember what Montanna was doing at this age, but we didn't have to try to teah her sharing becuase she was the only one. Montanna struggles with this as well and thinks that Eden sharing means Eden should just give her whatever she wants when she wants it.
Phone time has turned into kids getting into whatever they know they should not get into. There is a room in our house that the girls know they are not supposed to play in. this is Adam's office. There are times when he is out on the ranch and not in his office. As soon as I get a phone call, Montanna dashes for the door and calls for Eden to come after her. They know this is not the place they should be, but it never fails...... This is not the only thing that happens when I am on the phone, there are others. It just seems like whatever I have been telling them not to do all day, they decide to do when I get on the phone.
My goal for this week is to try to take a deep breath and really spend some time figuring out a better way to discipline my kids without getting mad. I really think everything would be more effective if I was able to keep my cool. If I make it to the library I will put Love and Logic on my book list, and if I don't, I know I will eventually read it.
If you have any advice on how to have a happy, yelling free, "Nice Mommy" day, please let me know. Any advice is appreciated.
