At least the coffee was free

Mornings can go one of two ways around here, it can be nice and peaceful and the kids play nicely and I can get a bit done or it can be full of screaming, meltdowns, thrown food and mommy banging her head against the wall. Today was a mix.

I guess it started last night. The kids both have runny noses so that meant Little Man was up every hour. I did a quicky throw a blanket under one end of the mattress to elevate it which didn't help any so after the forth wake up at 1 am I put him in his swing to sleep. I know, bad mom. I was desperate! This all led to him waking at 7 this morning and having a quick nurse then back to sleep. Of course Stinker wanted up at that point.

It's not bad having them in shifts. Except now the down stairs is open so Stinker got into everything! There is now clean clothes scattered around the house, 8 baby spoons (maybe more) stuck in various spots, toys everywhere, stuff pulled off shelves and the table, and well I'm sure you get the picture. Besides all that she was being pretty good. So good that I figured we could risk an outing.

Little Man got up and we headed to the community center to turn in our survey. Stinker walked to the building just fine. Smiled for everyone and tricked everyone into thinking she's as sweet as can be. Heading out became a problem. She no longer wanted to hold my hand and figured the middle of the drive was the perfect spot to plop down and scream. Have you every tried to carry a combined 50 pounds of screaming wriggling kids up steps and down a path? It's not easy. Somehow got to the car and decided to try to finish our outing. Ugh. Should have went home.

I'll skip over the fun that was had by all at walmart, lets just say I needed coffee ASAP. Now here is a bit of good! As I was digging for my stamp card I found that by combining the three cards I had that I could get me a free drink! Wooo! Nothing beats a free coffee. Except finding $16 in the bottom of my bag that I forgot about.

So now hours later, many screaming fits by both, a thrown sandwich, the smoke detector going off, and a short lived tantrum they are both upstairs and quiet and I get to sit and relax for the first time today.

All in all it's not been too horrible of a day. Yeah, you have to be a mom to understand I think. That or have my kids, please tell me it's not just my kids!