Trouble, trouble, trouble!!!

These kids are just so much trouble. Seriously! There are days when I stink as a mom. I love these kids, but I haven't got the energy or ability to keep up apparently. I felt like a loser of a Mom yesterday when we walked into dance class and all the other little girls were dressed up for Halloween in Gabriela's class. Apparently the teacher called and left a message on my phone. I was at a primary meeting all night and didn't get it until I was at the dance school. My heart just broke for her. I felt like I had failed her and here she was the od man out. Luckily the teacher came through and gave her a sleeping beauty costume from the closet.
While Gabriela was in class I had another scare. I thought my two little ones were down the hall watching the movie that was playing, but after a while I went to check on them. They weren't there. I checked in the bathroom...nope. Upstairs? Nope! I looked outside. Nope. Now I'm really panicing. I check downstairs again. Still nothing. I finally run outside and am looking around the parking lot and I still can't see anything. I run to the car and there they are. Locked inside having a fieldday with the c.d.s and papers from the glove department. I wanted to strangle them, but when Sophia opened the door, I just hugged her and told her not to scare Mommy like that again. She said sorry and I was just so glad to have found them. I was not earning my gold star for motherhood that day.Sophia was a munchkin from the Wizard of Oz. I laughed because she looked like the naughty munchkin with her mini skirt of a dress and bare legs. Julianne always runs in and lines up with the girls like she's one of them.

Watch out Sophia, she's easily catching up with you. Once she does, you're in trouble, because she's meaner than both you and Gabriela. She's a lot sturdier and probably weighs more than you do.

So to go along with yesterday's mahem, today hasn't been any better. I've caught Sophia feeding Tum's to Julianne. She came into the kitchen with about six of them in her mouth. Sophia brought me her poopy diaper that descided to take off herself. I can't keep the kids out of the pantry or from crawling up on the bar stools in the kitchen. This is only a problem when Julianne is around trying to do everything the other two do. Julianne drawing all over everything with markers that we had out for preschool. She had to be right in the middle of everything so it makes it very difficult to do anything. Enough complaining I know, but then I was surprised when the doorbell rang and this lovely prize was waiting for us.

My mother always sends us cookies every year and it's turned into a tradition of sorts. I LOVE COOKIES! I thought it had come at the perfect time...right before lunch. Now I had leverage to get them to eat their lunch. In the end, only Gabriela finished her food and earned a cookie. Oh well, more for me.