Lovely, eh?
My birthday Sunday was a lot of fun. We ended up being out all day and having dinner at Bravo. Mike had to take the kids home before we even got our meals because the kids were exhausted and starting to act up. We were with friends so I got a ride home from them.
Things are good mostly. Spencer's behavior has been pretty bad the last couple of days, but nothing too unmanagable. Rachel's been napping in the mornings, so she was really whiny at our playgroup today. It was a crafty Christmas playgroup and there was definite improvement in Spencer ability to follow along. He was not great, but he was better than he has been in the past, so that's something. Rachel was moderately interested, but still a little young to truly participate. I feel like I'm never doing enough as a mom, either I'm not teaching them to sit and pay attention enough, or I'm not giving them enough one-on-one time with me, I'm not reading to them enough, I'm not brushing their teeth often enough, not teaching them enough, not disciplining enough, not teaching them to pick up after themselves enough. There's always so much more I should be doing, or more limits I should be settingBut they do say 'thank you' pretty often, so I guess that's something :oP. Everytime I let my guard down and just relax (like now) I regret it because there is so many things to be done that I'm neglecting. Oh well...
I feel like I'm going to fall asleep so I'll wrap this up and go do something to keep myself awake.