It was that Kind of Day

Wake up. Cough cough. Brandon is sick. He's been sick for two days. The flu, with a side of fever, chills, and aches. Oh, did I mention that it's Valentine's Day? Back to my morning-get out of bed and waddle over to the shower. We were supposed to have a romantic dinner at Devon and a time for the two of us to chat and reconnect, canceled. After the shower, Eva wakes up. Get bottle and get her dressed. Oh, that sounds easy doesn't it. When your toddler would rather writhe violently like a bouncy ball than lay still for a new diaper...it's as easy as dressing a cat in a wool sweater. THE DOGS! How could I forget about the dogs. Since our room switch and the last grooming, the dogs seem to think that the middle of the night is for partying and the carpet is their new outhouse. THAT, needed dealt with too.

Hershey Chocolate World. My family is in town from England, a very rare occurrence, so we set up a play date for the kids. At 9am, we got the call to head for Hershey. Before leaving we chomped on cereal and a few pieces of fruit, UNTIL Eva decided to pick out each yogurt Cheerio with her fingers, rather than use her spoon. Why did I care? Why did I choose this battle to fight? I have NO idea, but I did. A quick, "Use your spoon", turned into 15 minutes of war between the bib, milk spillage, and eating 1 more bite! Who knew 1 more bit was so much to ask!

Chocolate World and the time with family went great. Then, home sweet home. Eva got a new stuffed animal, a cow (of course, how else do you think they make chocolate?), and desperately wanted to show it to Dada. She also wanted to jump on him and shout songs at the top of her lungs, but we were greeted by a deep cough and pajamas in bed. Sad face, from both baby and mama. Thank God for Barney! Alas, it's almost nap time (nighty-nigh as Eva says). Thirty minutes of Barney is the perfect cool down.

And here I am. An hour and a half into peace and solitude and it's time I take a little advice from a friend's blog, be your own best counselor. I have about 20 minutes to snap myself out of this funk and focus on what's REALLY happening in the world. Ahh, I'm feeling better already.