How fun to be a Mommy!

As we prepared to celebrate Mother's Day, we faced a dreaded parenting dillema . . . the kid who won't sleep. Unfortunatley, Caroline seems to have lost the knack for sleeping. She is so enamored with goofing around that she just won't fall asleep. All is quiet and then we peak in and find her changed into clothes (first image), sitting in her chair reading a book with all the lights on, with 5 pairs of shoes in her bed, you name it she's found a way to make it entertaining. And, after staying up until 9 p.m. (instead of 7:30) she is now waking closer to 6 a.m. (instead of 7:30). And, oftentimes she is waking Katie up, too. So, we have had some grumpy girls this week.

Caroline had a couple of rough days at school (or as the teachers like to say "challenging") and one night threw a fit the whole way home. She told us that she wanted to get lost and pouted and yelled. I told her that she wouldn't have anyone to take care of her and that we would miss her and she replied "Fine! I will just blow away!" Grandma and Poppy thought this was amusing and said they knew excatly where this streak came from (me, apparently).


In between the sleep issues, I did have a nice Mother's Day . Caroline baked me a muffin at school, so the weekend started with my first Mom's breakfast. You can see Caroline was very proud of herself and her muffin.

Saturday night we went down to Cincinnati to do a little shopping and enjoyed a nice dinner out. We were worried about how our overtired girls would be, but they were pretty well behaved and we all enjoyed ourselves.

Sunday, Jamie and the girls made breakfast for me (blueberry pancakes) and it was delicious.

After a nice unscheduled morning, we went to buy plants for our vegetable garden and the girls and I spent some time in the dirt. It is hard to involve both girls and get things just the way you want them . . .

Caroline got some new gardening tools, so she was very pleased about that, and carried her garden bag around.

We're not sure what will actually grow, but we're happy to have the planting done and look forward to some fresh veggies later this summer. The girls enjoyed it and even Lily loves to sniff around the garden. Now, she just needs to do her job and keep the bunnies out.

This week will be a new adventure. We're having a wall built to enclose our guest bedroom/loft and can't wait for the construction process to begin. Also, I have had a change on the work front. In an effort to reduce expenses, my company has offered the opportunity to work reduced hours, so I will begin a 32-hour schedule this week. I am grateful to be employeed, but have a little more time to spend with the girls and to get things done.

Happy Mother's Day to all!