Nap time is never good. You see we do it for two reasons and both our for our preschool teacher sanity. To get a quiet break in the middle of a 10 hour day and to have happier children around 3pm because a nappless child is the worst.  That said there is always one or two that simple fight nap time and make it harder on the rest. Today Miss S did not want to be put down and proply wanted her lawyer. This made Miss R in her 16 month old glory yell Stop it, too loud. It made my nap time .

tantrums in the store

Shopping with my 3.5 yr old has become the most excruciating pain since birthing him. Not sure how it happened his older brother did the screaming at the party store once as I carried him out saying over and over Mommy doesn't like how you are talking to her just in case someone felt I was kidnapping him. Never again.This time around every single person is saying thanks god that isn't my child.  Now today was by far the best in a couple week but it was a little touch and go. He wanted to pull the basket behind him and then stopping along the way to fill it and me behind him taking a couple things out so I could put them back where they belonged and thinking what will make him not scream at the end, ah a true bribe, M&M's. We got to the check out and I said you need to leave your basket,look candy go find the yellow M&M's. it worked.  Point sometimes bribes are OK until the next time we go into the same store and my elephant memory of a son will ask for M&M's and I won't give them to him.

New potental parents got to love interviews. I don't mine the early arrivers or the late ones too much, even the no shows just tell me I don't want that kind of flakiness. What is hard is the current preschooler all of a suddened act like crazied sugar high tazmania devils. Sure as the sun sets my preschools see a new parent and they are fighting, crying, yelling, hitting you name it. Depending on my mood I will let them all act that way pretending they are all perfect children while the interviewies are thinking does she even see what is going on. Or run around like a chicken with her head cut off trying to put out fires. Can only image what parents think of that one.  Short there is no perfect time for an interview with preschoolers. You come you see and please just understand your child will do the same for the next potental parents that come.

Middle of the week

After a long day of children I still let my own go with me to my one small outlet, dog training class. Yep I was beat over the head with the cries of please mama I wanna go with you. Some days I need to stand up for myself with my own children and today wasn't it. I did survive but feel a little cheated by rushing through a quick store pick up, dinner (microwave wasn't working) and bedtime routine. Even now with them all tucked in their beds dreaming of sugar plums I still feel it would have been better for all if mom went to dog training class alone.