Friday the 13th

I woke up this morning at 8:30 to quiet. I could hear the Sal Jr and KJ playing and laughing quietly together. They normally wake me at 7-7:30ish pleading for me to wake up and feed them because they are starving or want to watch tv or one did something to the other. Today there was none of that. I woke up when I was ready ( awesome since I got off work at midnight and went to bed an hour later). I laid in bed a while and couldnt figure it out. I assumed there had to be another adult in the house. Sal must have had the day off and just didn't tell me. But I did not hear any grown up voices. I took my time going downstairs to greet them. I looked all around the second floor. The bedrooms were still clean, nothing had been broken, nothing had been dumped, no signs of destruction anywhere.
I went downstairs and the television was off. The refrigerator door wasn't hanging open. I couldn't figure it out. Then I rounded the corner and found them cuddled up together playing the iPad. I must have left it in the middle of the hallway last night. That makes sense, I used it for light to creep in and check on them while they were sleeping. They must have woken up around the same time this morning, come out of their rooms and on their way to mine found the iPad.

Tech babysitter? The iPad does everything!

Karina

Karina is probably like most other children in the world but I was not prepared. Sal is pretty laid back. As a little little one he was my into things like she is. If she is not monitored constantly trouble happens.

Since we moved last weekended some of our things are still in boxes. While I was showering the other day she found my make up. Covered herself with it too. She actually did fairly well. I don't wear makeup at all really so I was impressed she knew what it was for.
Then today as I'm cleaning up the play dough she got in the new carpet she walks by me and smells like a grown man. I roll my eyes and ignore it for a second to make her clean up all the toys she dumped from their baskets and the dirty clothes she also dumped. She says "I don't feel very well mama" really? Just pick up the toys. Don't give me excuses using proper grammar. She did pick up the toys. It took five minutes of her writhing around in pain clutching her belly to move 5 stuffed animals 3 feet. Then I go to investigate the smell coming off of her. I find a small bottle of aftershave sitting outside of a box. She screwed the lid back on to hide the evidence. Thanks.

As I type this she is giving her brother "shots" with a liquid medicine syringe she also found that. He probably needs
the medicine to immunize himself from all the spit, farts, coughs and sneezes she purposely planted on him.

I forgot to mention she was half naked through all this. A tiny summer dress she put on and that is all. I can't keep underwear on her. I'm going to stick her in the shower now before I start gagging.

She has been a puppy the last four days. She steals my coffee. She tears her room apart looking for the perfect outfit. She destroys my closet looking for heels to tromp around the house in. She cries like she is hurt over everything. She dishes way more on her brother than she can take. She is spoiled rotten and probably knows. There is so much personality in this gal. She is going to rock my world for sure and I can't wait.

Bed wetting

Before going to sleep I check on my kids, tonight I have found that the BOTH have wet the bed already. And are still asleep. Being the negligent mother that I am, I'm going to leave them, pee covered in their beds.

Now, before you judge me consider the alternatives. I could try to strip their wet clothes off, put them in clean ones and bring them to my bed without waking them. Or i could do all that, change their sheets and put them back in their own beds, still trying to not wake them. Or I could wake them up, make them change their own clothes while I change sheets. That last option would surely result in crying. At least one would probably cry if awoken at any point in all that.

So instead I've opted for what I consider to be the simplest option. Leave them be. What will likely happen is I will wake up in a few hours as one of them tries to get on my bed. This child will probably be naked as they strip the wet clothes off and never make the effort to find dry ones. That lid will be waking me up because he or she needs space. Why will there be no space in my queen size bed for a little person to join me? Because the other one will already be there having snuck in while I was deep asleep.
I would be willing to bet money I wake up with a nude preschooler on either side of me.

Is it wrong? Maybe. Will they develop terrible ammonia burns or rashes? Not likely. Will I get 25 more minutes of sleep? Yes. And did I just waste half of that typing this post on my tiny iPhone keyboard. Absolutely.

Good night!

Confession

I have a confession to make. I am a crazy mama. 70% of the time I am nice and happy. The rest of the time I am a lunatic. I go around shouting commands and threatening punishments. This side of me typically shows when we are running late or in a hurry. Or when I am tired or upset. Normally in the mornings before preschool. The problem seems to be that I don't deal well with stressful situations. I get very anxious and take that out on my kids or the people who I should show the most love. Not insanity.

Example: Last night I got off work at 11:30 pm, was asleep by 12:45. Sal the same. Except he worked 5am-4:30 then worked on the house till 11 picked the kids up from my moms and met me at his house. He is off work today and told me last night he'd take the children to preschool. So I'm like- Sweet, I get to sleep in!
Wrong. We both woke up and I ended up taking them to school. He slept ns extra 15 minutes and then relaxed t the house for a few hours while I ran errands.
This morning I was mad. So mad because I was tired, we were already late (daylight saving was like 3 days ago and my kids(otherwise known as my alarm clock) are still sleeping in) and there were no clean clothes.
So I flipped. I yelled at Sal, for lying. I yelled at little Sal as KJ for ignoring me or moving too slow or not eating their breakfast or whining, everything.

They are not the problem. In this situation I am. Sal didn't lie. He fully intended to wake up and let me sleep in. After getting up at 5am and working 11.5 hours at his day job and then 6 hours at the house, doing physical work at both places how can I be mad? I really have no right. He clearly worked harder than me. The kids are just kids. They move slow, they whine, they do all of the things kids do. I've been a mother for over 5 years. This is not news to me. Instead of expecting my children to magically act perfect I need to accept that they are perfect the way they are. Perfectly normal. For now. Until I ruin their sweet little selves with my lunacy. Scaring them forever with my shouting.

I know what I need to do. Doing it is the hard part. I could avoid a ton of stress with a little preparation. Picking clothes out before bed. Setting my- real alarm clock and sticking to it. Having all of our belongings by the front door and breakfast already planned. These little things could potentially make a big difference in my mornings. Or I may just find something else to be stressed about. Equally possible.