I took my big girl camera to the beach this week.
If you'll recall, this little doll has been with us a long time. Amaryllis got her at the dollar store, because we needed a baby that could be toted around and get all dirty and stay outside.
Now CarBaby will continue her life in the beach bag. I think it's an upgrade for her! :)
Love these 2 little silly girls, and their magical childhood friendship.
And love these 2 ladies too. Without them, I would be in the nut house.
We usually try to hangout at the park around 4pm every day, to avoid The Witching Hour.
The other day we went to the pool and the kids were just being annoying, whining for food, hovering all around us moms, and not even swimming.
They were all fighting over chairs and trying to make forts, we were like "why are we here if you aren't swimming?!"
So then, we wanted to go to the beach, but we didn't know if it was worth all the work to get there, if the kids were just going to be hovering and annoying again.
But, the second we arrived, they were off in adventure land. So we got to sit on our chairs and look at the sky and debate if we should attempt ChickFilA.
OK. I realize this sounds like quite the luxurious life and I'm not complaining, but there are definitely moments in motherhood/marriage where you want to pull your hair out and wring some little necks, and you look over to this place called MommyPsychoLand and it looks so tempting to just peace out and become zombie depressed mom. Why is it tempting, I'm not really sure. But it is tempting. It actually looks amazing at times.
I'm learning slowly but surely, for me, I have to make some plans and force myself to do them, and get out of the house, and cultivate friendships, have date nights, do things out of the ordinary for myself (rollerblading, volleyball, eyelashes, whatever) and do things out of the ordinary for my kids (Disney, beach, game afternoon, etc) and I have to know that a fun outing may end in tears and be ok with that beforehand.
And doing all that is what keeps me from purchasing a 1 way ticket to MommyPsychoLand.
(most days)
2 comments:
Sounds fun! How do you manage to be at the park at that time everyday and still not stress out about homework and dinner? I can hardly get the regular afterschool stuff in and still make dinner.
I need to know how you manage to put dinner on the table each night if you take off at 4. What is your secret?! Does Jake do dinner for you?
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