Just one of those days

Now let’s get real for a moment. We all have those days when our kids are driving us just plain crazy and you’re being pushed to the edge. How do you get through your day when it seems like everything is falling apart? Now that’s a magical question and if you had a perfect answer I would have already read your book.

I’ve had days that I’ve hid in my room and just let the water works fall and yea it helps for a minute to let the emotion go but crying in hiding is not solving the problem. Some days you just have to say to hell with it, it’s not going to be a good day so let’s just get through it and start over tomorrow. I’ve had days where my kids are screaming and fighting with eachother punching and hitting. The crying and screaming is more than I can take, what do I do? I throw my kids in the car buckled into boosters and car seats and make an adventure. A car ride to nowhere with no point sometimes has turned some of the worst days into, well, not the best days but bearable days.

Sometimes you just have to think outside of the box to find a solution. So what your dishes have to wait, they're still going to be there when you're done. My mother in law once told me that sometimes you have to put things on the back burner and focus on what is in front of you. Housework is never ending and if you can't get to it there's nothing wrong with waiting until you can. Find a park, take a drive, or just fly by the seat of your pants. Getting out of the house and a change of scenery can work wonders for some.

Dealing with baby daddy or baby momma drama

Ok so it’s 2012 and most people I know have to deal with baby momma or some baby daddy drama! I have had the pleasure of dealing with this since I was about 2 months pregnant. However my baby daddy drama isn’t nearly as bad as some. My son’s father moved states away when I was just a few months pregnant. Some would say that was pretty shitty. I however didn’t mind too much. You see I am a selfish person and I knew I would be able to have my little bundle of joy all to myself with little drama. I had a great support system and I didn’t need him to do anything other than provide his child support. You could really look at this from a different point of view and say hey he got of scott free. It is what it is and we’ve made it work for the both of us.

However if you ask him, I am the biggest bitch in town. I don’t see why he would think such a thing. I have been more than nice to him. I don’t call him or harass him. I let him see his kid whenever he comes to Arizona. This past Christmas I was even nice enough to let him have Christmas Eve night all the way through late Christmas morning. All this after he had not seen him in almost 3 years.  Mind you he was in Korea for those three years and did send me child support. I don’t ask him for anything extra and I probably never will.

 I don’t know, I think I could be a way worst baby momma! I even know worst!

Do you struggle with your baby’s dad? Tell us your story!

Summer Is Over

Now you know I,Billie, am a work from home mom and I couldn’t be happier that school will be starting on Monday. But with school starting comes a whole lot more mommy duties. First off you have to buy all the school supplies and some extra stuff. Crayons, markers, dry erase markers, index cards, pencils, Clorox wipes, zip lock bags, Kleenex, reams of paper and so much more. Next you have school clothes shopping. My son is now at the age that he thinks he is “cool” enough to pick out his own clothes. Well if I let him pick out his own clothes he would have a slew of graphic character tees, which I don’t like, and basketball shorts, which is all he will where. So now we have the battle over shorts he wants basketball shorts but he needs regualar shorts.  A few tears and a couple pairs of shorts tried on we all agree. Well to be truthfully honest we did bribe him. You can get that character tee,  1 pair of basketball shorts, a belt, and a hat but you have to get regular button shorts and you have to wear them. The deal was sealed! All that was left were some underwear, socks, and a backpack.

Now, you have meet the teacher. My son’s school doesn’t send you a nice letter with your son’s teacher name on it and the class number beforehand so the parents and kids are all trying to squeeze in looking at all the 8x10 sheets of paper till they can see their child’s name and which teacher and room number. Then they are pushing their way back out of the crowd to get to meet the teacher. Talk about an anxiety attack waiting to happen. Finally you get to go in and meet the teacher and hopefully your son/daughter will see a child he had in his class the previous year. Most likely mine will since he has been to the same school since kindergarten.

Then organize sports start as soon as school is about to start. Here they started August 1^st. If you are from Arizona you know it’s still freaking hot out. Don’t get me wrong I love that my son loves to play football but hell it’s freaking miserable to sit on a grass field with gnats, mosquitoes, and ants all around meanwhile you are sweating buckets. However Landon’s great team spirit and dedication to play football is something this momma will always love.

Lastly you have the daily rituals that you have to get done that you can’t slack on like you do  in the summer. One I seem to let slide more often in the summer is nightly showers, and early bed times. No more staying up in your room watching TV till 10 or 11 after this Saturday night. Then it’s get up by 7am get teeth brushed, school clothes on, find matching socks which seems to be a freaking treasure hunt in my house. Then it’s off to pack lunch, get a snack and some water for the backpack, and make sure all his homework is in his folder in the backpack. Phew got those all done now time to drop him off at school come home and work. Soon as I get off work it’s off to pick him up. Get home he is STRAVING because he only had 1 lunch at school and a small snack I packed in his lunch box. Now it’s time to get the homework done. This is a daily battle. I get the, “can we do it later or I don’t want to do it” Followed by tears. Once we get that task accomplish it TV or play time for him and I am off to get dinner started. During football season some nights after homework it’s time to get ready to go to practice.

So am I ready for school to start YES he will be out of my Hair about 7 hours a day, but the duty us mothers have to do during the school year are exhausting and tiresome.

Does it ever stop!

So my son is 7 years old he weighs about 52lbs. on a “fat day"! He is about 4 foot 3 inches tall. By no means is my son fat he is super tall and super skinny. But don’t let his skinny ass fool you he can eat with the best of them. I swear this kid eats more than me on any given day!

Just the other day he stayed the night at my best friend’s house. I picked him up around 4:30 and when we got home he ate; 2 large pickles, a bowl of grapes, and a whole can of chicken and stars. That was all in about an hour and a half. Well dinner time rolled around at about 7 and I figured he was full since he had eaten so much already. I didn’t set him a plate out or a fork out. Little did I know he was still hungry. He then proceeds to eats about 3-4 ounces of steak and 2 large helpings of mashed potatoes.

Dinner is done and by now he should be completely full, right? Nope, not my kid. At about 8:30 he asks for a snack before bed. He does his normal foraging through the cabinets and frig to see what he can find. He spots the ice cream sandwiches. I figure he’s already eaten a ton, finished his second dinner sure go ahead and have one. I go into my room to get my PJ’s on and brush my teeth. I come back out to find Landon still has a full ice cream sandwich. That little booger inhaled one and managed to grab another one all while I was getting ready for bed. I ask myself “Does this ever end?” I then call my girlfriend jokingly to ask did you feed my kid at all while he was with you only to have her riddle off a whole refrigerator worth of food.

Needless to say I am glad that my son has a very high metabolism and that he is very active boy otherwise we might just have a problem. He does not eat like this every day but there are those days that it just doesn’t seem to stop.

I know I’m not alone and that my son isn’t the only kid out there that can eat like this. Do you have a kiddo who can eat like mine? How do manage to keep your kids full without breaking the bank?