A good parenting day! There are a lot of good days when it comes to parenting. Fun days outside or lazy days spent snuggling on the couch. Today was not one of those days. Instead it stretched painfully, gray and dreary like the rain that fell all day. Because Monkey's school was closed, I'd lined up a three-hour Lego class for him while I worked and a trial gymnastics class for both kids in the afternoon. In my mind, the kids would be excited for the change of routine, I'd work efficiently while the kids were busy and we'd be happy and tired come bedtime.
Only the very last part of the statement came true. Thanks to Daylight Saving Time, Munchkin woke up before six and wouldn't go back to sleep. Eventually she woke Monkey up and they both banged around enough to ensure I wouldn't get another wink of shut-eye. Munchkin was unusually whiny and uncooperative about everything from her clothes to her breakfast. Monkey, originally enthused about learning new Lego-building tricks, whined about the fact that I wasn't going to stay at the Lego class and how it wasn't going to be any fun. Both kids bickered back and forth until finally I had it. I snapped at them, pointed out some of their horrible behavior and asked them to please stop yelling. Which, of course, was pretty much what I was doing. Not exactly setting a good example.
Only the very last part of the statement came true. Thanks to Daylight Saving Time, Munchkin woke up before six and wouldn't go back to sleep. Eventually she woke Monkey up and they both banged around enough to ensure I wouldn't get another wink of shut-eye. Munchkin was unusually whiny and uncooperative about everything from her clothes to her breakfast. Monkey, originally enthused about learning new Lego-building tricks, whined about the fact that I wasn't going to stay at the Lego class and how it wasn't going to be any fun. Both kids bickered back and forth until finally I had it. I snapped at them, pointed out some of their horrible behavior and asked them to please stop yelling. Which, of course, was pretty much what I was doing. Not exactly setting a good example.
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