Bad Mommy Confessions of the Week

Yesterday I let the kids color all of the ceramic tile in the dining room with markers. After that we had one last fling with the awful, awful Moon Sand (worst toy purchase EVER) where I let them pretty much throw and track it everywhere. When everything was both nasty and colorful, I scooped and swept it all up and put it in the trash. Then I had Anna help me clean the floor with wet wipes (she LOVES to clean). Bad Mommy, but sort of zany and fun at the same time.

I sort of had a mini meltdown yesterday and was crying a lot in front of the kids. I made an emergency appointment with my therapist, and then I took them to Wal-Mart and overindulged them because I felt bad about being so unstable and emotional in front of them. Jonathan said, Man, I must have been beary, beary good. I didn't even get all my stickers yet, did I Mama?
Bad Mommy! (Really, this is the sort of thing they will probably be in therapy about someday.)

Today I ran into a cart at Target. I was too tired and exasperated to get out and move it so I kind of just kept running into it as I pulled into the parking space. (Sorry, honey.)

I came home and glued my fingers together with nail glue. (I guess that's more like a dumb mommy confession.)

Right now Jonathan and Anna have taken a carton of Ben and Jerry's Phish Food into the living room and they are eating out of it with a spoon. Anna is licking the lid. I am pretending that I have no idea this is happening because they are leaving me alone.

Now Anna is walking around eating out of a jar of peanut butter and Jonathan is chugging out of a 64 oz jug of juice. I guess I had better summon some resolve and energy and get them to bed.