Unfit parent

I'm officially a bad mom. 2 days ago my children's worlds came crashing down due to either my lack of patience or my lack of attention.

Let me preface this story with a statement. My daughter might need hearing aids. For some reason, my asking her to complete a task 4 to 5 times in a row seems to be going in one ear and out the other. I assume it is a lack of hearing that is the cause of such a thing. After repetidly asking her to put on clothes after her bath, I gave her body a turn and a push. Unfortunatly, her feet had not yet made the full turn when I gave her the push and her hands were in the pockets of her robe. Her face very literally bounced off the ground. (Groan) I hear ya! Fortunatly, no blood was shed, but she did have a mark on her upper lip that actually looks a little like lip liner. She quickly got over the trauma, but not before her little brother got a piece of my parenting skills.

Noah has gotten into climbing onto any and everything that he can. This such occasion just happens to include the child size chair in Sophie bedroom. While my back was turned, he climbed up onto that chair and it tipped over. Are you cringing yet? Just wait. He doesn't just fall over the chair. Oh no. The chair strikes the backside of Sophie's keyboard that was a present from Santa. It breaks off a LARGE piece of the piano and in the process Noah hits his face on all the keyboard buttons and such. Right on the bridge of his nose! Now I have a screaming baby with a bloody nose and scratches ALL over his face. He looked like someone had taken a 2x4 to this poor childs face! It was the most horrifying thing that has happened to my baby since the day of his birth. Way to parent.....MOM! Next time I'll let Sophie play with matches and Noah can have the lighter fluid!

Vomit of the brain

After speaking with Aubrey this evening, I guess it's about time to post another blog. I wanted to use this as a sort of journal, if you will, to keep a log of the goings on in my everyday. It, however, is my everyday that prevents me from logging my life!

I have a little boy that is SO very different from my little girl. This evening I sat him down to a childsize bowl of minestrone soup. This little boy has a LARGE appetite and as I watched him wolf down this meal, I though of my 6' 4" cousin and his always increasing appetite. Suddenly a knot formed in my stomach as I considered my food bill that will also continue to increase as this "little boy" grows into a full grown man! I may actually have to consider making more of my meals rather than purchase them from Noodles & Company!

My daughter seems to be growing into a gorgeous girl right before my eyes. With that comes the opportunity to see her mind expand in the process. She is fond of sitting down and making cards to send to any single person that happens to cross her mind. One of my favorites was a letter she composed for me just this past Christmas. As I was in Arizona with my parents, I was packing up my bags for the return drive to Colorful Colorado when I happend upon a letter with chicken scratches. I recognized those scratchings to be those of my sweet eldest child. The letter went something like this.
"Dear Mom. It seems like we node eech othr for yers. Love SoPHie."
This was one for the books!