I Love Today

It's a gorgeous day. Today is the kind of day I have been waiting for since it first snowed. I try (sort of) to like winter every year, but it's useless. I feel so trapped in my house because I can't stand being cold and wet. By the end I just start feeling awful and moody. The short daylight hours don't help either. That's why I love today! I feel free again. I just opened the back door for Hayden to go in and out of and play all day. I opened all the windows and let the fresh air and gorgeous sunlight in. I turned on the ceiling fans and the air conditioning in the car! I love this!

"Hike!"

"Hi mama!"

Tuesday was good too. I had to clean out the car because we are selling it. I was worried about Hayden running off, so I turned on the water for him to play in to keep him there. It worked! The first couple times he got himself wet he just giggled with delight.



But Monday. Monday was not so good. It was just generally one of those days where you have so much to do, but you keep hitting a brick wall. Needy babies, extra messes, lots of tantrums, that kind of thing. I took a break and sat down to nurse the baby. A few minutes later, Hayden came up to me and wanted me to wash his hands... because there was a TON of vaseline smeared all over them. OH NO. I went into the living room to see what the damage was. I keep vaseline in the diaper bag to use for the kids' rashes. Hayden had taken it out and smeared the whole tub onto the carpet. The whole thing. It was a big tub. I took pictures because I didn't think Derrick would believe how bad it was.


He got it all over my mommy cover, my pump bag, a little on our couch, and on a pair of his shorts which we had to throw away because they were hopeless. If you have never tried to clean up vaseline before, lucky you. It's some greasy stuff. After about half a bottle of dish soap, I was able to get it off his hands and legs. Then I scraped it off our carpet with a spoon. I tried all I could to blot it out of the carpet with dish soap, but I was unsuccessful. Derrick got it later, but the point is that it was a really hard day. As I was googling how to clean up vaseline I came across this: The Hardest Job You'll Ever Love - It's long, but read it! It made me cry, which turned out to my advantage, because Derrick saw me. He took us all out to dinner so I didn't have to cook. hehehe. I'm so glad I have him. He gave me a big hug, and I felt instantly better. He knew just how to treat me to make me feel better and he understood that sometimes I just have days that like that.

So Monday was hard. But it's ok, because there are days like today where we can play in the sun and draw with chalk on the sidewalk.

Showing me a rock he found.

And here is your dose of Halle for the day. Yeah, I'm a horrible mother and I don't take nearly as many pictures of my second. She's always sleeping though...