up way too late...

So here I sit...working on editing some wedding photos...watching one of my favorite shows...and then I decided to check out a blog that I look at a lot. Like crazy. My friend Molly got me hooked on it. Anyways--it lead me to look at twitter. My last tweet...kind of makes me smile.

I am human. I do have bad moods. And me saying "So goodnight everyone...watch out...this momma will get you and your little dog too!" Of course refers to which movie? Witch movie? Ah yes...Wizard of Oz. Which happened to be what our family Halloween theme was--I will show you a picture sometime. Guess which character each kid was? I digress.

Back to the mood thing. I get asked all the time "How do you do it?" Of course people are referring to me raising 4 small children and doing day care and being a wife and etc. etc. My answer is...I am human. I make mistakes. Big ones. Little ones. I laugh. I cry. I tell stories. I have a therapist.

Hm mm...which of those was true? All of them. My blog really is my therapy. My funny stories that I tell...are my way of getting those embarrassing moments off of my shoulders. It is good to laugh at yourself. Things that may not seem so funny as they are happening may be funny later on.
I do make mistakes. I yell at my kiddos sometimes. Not that makes me a bad parent or a good one. It is what it is. I tell myself that "I will be a better parent tomorrow than I was today" every night. It helps. Some days are better than others but all days are great.
I make lists. Things to do. Things coming up. Things I missed. Etc. Not everything on my lists get done every day. And that is okay. I am human.
I do cry. Probably more than most people realize. It is my way of venting (other than my blog). My kids have seen me cry. That is okay. I want them to know that I am human and that is what we do. I do have sad stories. Those are little harder for me to blog about. Not quite sure what the reaction would be to the outsiders looking in. So for now, I will keep most of those bottled in.

But to end this rather sappy post of mine...I took all the kids shopping this evening. We went to Hobby Lobby, Michaels, Party America and Target. At Party America the cashier asked me "I bet your house is really fun right?" I responded with " Yeah-it is." She said, "No, seriously. They are beautiful and well behaved and you are lucky."
She is right of course. They are beautiful and well behaved some of the time.
And I am lucky. Maybe not "Win the Powerball so I never have to work again lucky" but in a way better way lucky.