There are those times as a parent when you understand why some species eat their young. Then, within minutes, that changes to an “aaawwwweee” moment.

It’s lunchtime. Delaney had started eating her apple (whole). Brianna just finished slicing hers & got the last caramel dipping cup from the cabinet. Delaney started throwing a fit that she wanted Sissy’s caramel cup & refused to eat her apple. I offered to cut her apple but told her she still wouldn’t get Sissy’s “dippin’.” She refused. Then it occured to me to offer her some peanut butter for dipping her apple slices. Delaney perked up & agreed. Crisis temporarily averted.

So, I go into the garage to get something & when I return I see Delaney dipping her apple slice into Brianna’s caramel. I looked at Brianna. She says, “We’re sharing. She let me have some of her peanut butter, so I’m letting her have some of my caramel dip.” I said, “Funny how that works, hu?”

Tags : Brianna, Delaney, parenting

Well, I’ve definitely had an interesting start to my April Fool’s Day. I woke up to the “reminder alarm” I have set on my iPod to start looking for Brianna’s bus – instead of my regular morning alarm – I had problems getting to sleep last night … I guess my body was making up for it this morning. So, we rushed around so I could take Brianna to school. Before we even left the house I was taking my medicine & went to pop 3 pills into my mouth at once. One of them fell on the floor & has yet to be found. I’m really hoping one of the dogs doesn’t find it & if they do I’m hoping a 10mg Singulair tablet won’t hurt them. Delaney & I were in our slippers & I was still in my PJs.

Then, I get home and fed the dogs – Delaney dropped Jackie’s dish & food spilled on the floor. I went to heat up my coffee (since it went cold because I slept late) and when I put my sugar in I forgot to wait a couple of seconds & it “boiled over” the cup & I had coffee all over my counter.

I still have to shower & get dress, but first I have to upload shopping cart product updates & website changes for a client first (HAS to be done this morning). After I’m done with that and dressed I have to load Delaney up & go pick up prescriptions for me & Brianna at the doctor’s office then run them to the pharmacy to get them filled. Oh yeah, and we need milk.

Wish me luck with the rest of my day – I hope I don’t slice an artery when I’m shaving my legs this morning. <sarcasm>

Tags : April Fool's Day, Brianna, Delaney, Sherra, sleep late

I helped Brianna study her multiplication last night. To make sure it was random I dealt 2 playing cards at a time (J=11, Q=12, K=whatever I said). If she got it right, she kept the cards – she got it wrong, I got them & recycled them into the deck until she had all the cards. The 2nd time around she only got 5 seconds to answer. At first she started crying & saying it was going to be too hard with the time limit – her typical mental breakdown. But, “mean Mommy” persisted & began to deal out the cards. Luckily, the first few hands were super easy, so the “fun factor” kicked in – especially after I told her a moderately difficult one as wrong, but I was the one who was wrong! That REALLY kicked up the fun factor for her. She didn’t want to stop to take a shower, so I had to promise her one more round after she was done. It’s been a long time since she had fun with homework.

Tags : Brianna, homework