This is why it's worth it

My kids have been fighting all week from the moment they wake up to the moment we finally get them to go to sleep. A normal person would think that children with almost a five year age difference would get along better since they would want different things.
You are wrong. They will fight over things they don't want simply so the other child will not touch it. And they will tattle on everything despite your telling them that if no one is physically hurt or about to be physically hurt you don't want to hear it. And they yell at each other
But then, sitting in the car, you hear a toddler screaming. So you yell at your older child to stop because you have heard enough screaming. Your older child simply says, "she was playing." Your husband says, "you need to stop touching her." Because they do that whole 'I'm not touching you' game. Your toddler responds by yelling at you since they were just playing. And for three whole minutes, the kids quietly play "dancing phalanges" in the back seat.
That is worth it. You may be thinking that celebrating your children ganging up on you is bad. But right now they are small and you will have a few years to instill a fear of parents. And the yelling stopped. Just enjoy it.

It's that time again...

I am flipping through reviews on curriculums. And checking curriculums pages. And reading blogs. Now I have a headache.
This happened to me last year. Only I had an awesome group of ladies to bounce my list of curriculums off of. They really made it easy since they had used them. And I loved my curriculums.
But now my husband wants something that tells him what to do when he is homeschooling. I did a unit study for my son since I thought it would be awesome. While the curriculum I chose gave lesson plan ideas, it was up to me to put it together.
Our math and reading curriculum tells us what to say making it easy. And they worked. But I just don't know. I feel so lost this year.
It really cannot be that hard to find a curriculum that is Christian based that let's us choose our religion that covers up to high school that is not just memorization that also brings in art and music that are not just Bible verses...
Reading reviews is really what is killing me. I see something that looks okay but then the reviews make me want to run away.
Guess I will be looking some more tomorrow.

Little mamas

My raspberry is starting to pretend with her doll. She has passed the stage of looking it over and is hugging it, kissing it, feeding it.
I like to think I am a good role model.
We will just pretend that when my son started pretending with his doll and hr spanked it, he was watching some horrible neighbors. Just kidding. I think he saw another child spanked once and he does get spanked after three warnings.
But back to what I was saying... little mamas are just the cutest. You learn a lot watching your children play...

Confession Time

I have totally fished out snacks while cooking to deter the screaming fit my toddler has just to cook in a more peaceful environment (it's still not peaceful, but it is a step closer).
I have let my kids fall asleep in their day clothes.
I suck at teaching my kid math. His dad helps.
I haven't done my own nails in about 6 months.
And I generally just feed my toddler off my plate. She hardly eats anymore so it's easier. She does the bird thing where she eats all day long but never in big portions. I figure it's fewer dishes.

Love it when they sleep

Okay. My oldest is six. And I still look down at him sleeping and think, "awww... look at him being so peaceful." Though I admit it is easier to admire the newest baby (who is now 16 months old) when she is konked out since she looks like a baby doll.
But when both the kids pass out and it's a decent hour, my husband and I celebrate. We watch them sleep for a minute than watch a movie or talk about random things or whatever.
I am one of those people who gets the most done past sundown. I run around all day picking up disasters, cooking things, homeschooling one, and playing games. I also still have a milk monster who nurses more when she teethes which seems like a lot.
So when the kids are out, it's easier to convarsate without interruptions, to actually organize something without little hands trying to get into it, to finish a craft involving paint, and to watch a movie about a president killing vampires.
But at least once a night, I watch my kids sleep for a few minutes just to see how much they have changed in a day.