Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Beat Down by a Couple of Toddlers

There are some days when I am so on top of things, and all of the meals are delicious and well-balanced, and the kids are clean and well-behaved, and everything runs smoothly, and I can't help but feel a little smug and think to myself, I could totally have like six kids, parenting is a piece of cake.

And then there are days like today. When I am completely and utterly beat down by these little children of mine, and they are screaming and hitting and climbing and breaking and running circles around my inexperienced self. I feel so drained, and inept at this whole parenting business, and start to wonder how on earth I will ever manage being responsible for three human beings. And while I would normally reach for a nice, relaxing glass of wine, post-bedtime, to calm my nerves...and make me feel less like a complete failure, I unfortunately do not have that option now that I have a bun in the oven.

So, obviously, I do the next best thing, and eat a plate of cookies for dinner.

I made sure they were oatmeal chocolate chip though, since everyone knows oatmeal cookies are the healthy kind.

Oh well. Tomorrow is another day. And if tomorrow kicks my butt too, at least there are always more cookies.

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