February 16

So I had a mommy meltdown today. Again. :( I am sooo stressed out! Do you ever feel like no matter how hard you try you will never be able to do all those things that you are supposed to as a mom, wife, friend, christian, etc? You know what I mean, right? No matter how many times we sweep under the kitchen table there are still a pile of crumbs. No matter how many times I do all the laundry, another dirty pile was hiding somewhere (or when all the laundry's done, the sheets still need to be washed, desperately washed! haha!). No matter how hard you try to be nice to your husband and understand that he just worked a 12 hour day, too, you still unload on him the second he walks in the door about how hard it is to take care of 5 kids (maybe that's just me!) all day? No matter how many chances and/or bribery efforts you've tried to inspire them with, they act like you are expecting them to find a cure for a rare illness and all they really have to do is 10 math problems that you've shown them how to do 900+ times.  How no matter how hard you try, you are always letting one of your friends down. How about no matter how early you get up or how much you prepare the night before, you are still always late. Is it just me? It is true what they say you know, "A mother's work never ends". I just wish someone would have told me how hard this was going to be...And just when you think you couldn't handle one more mess in this twenty four hour period, you walk upstairs to find 5 kids that act like they just ate a pound of sugar each, with a few random Christmas stamps and ink pads. That's when you give up and just laugh. Laugh at how ridiculously not upset you are that there is another mess to clean up. Laugh because the only thing in the whole world that could make these 5 kids any cuter are said Christmas stamps, all over their faces. Can you tell Kagen did not want me to take his picture? He thought he was in trouble. Again. That boy keeps me busy :)