Herding Cats....

I was at the post office the other day with my two wild children and when I was coming in saying my normal..."hold my hand, you have to hold my hand....people driving cannot see short people, come on guys, this way, walk a little faster Riley, Samuel don't pick that up it's gross, Sam watch your head (as he bumped it on the door...the child seeks things out to bump his head on), this way, stay with me please", etc this man looked at us and smiling said that it is kind of like herding cats. That is exactly how I feel anytime I take my children anywhere by myself. You would think walking from the car to a store and visa versa would be a simple task....not with my two. It is so stressful just getting them from the car to the safety of the store and back to the car again. My children have NEVER been stroller babies. They both started walking at 9 months and from that moment they refused to ride in a stroller or even be carried half the time. If I try to carry one of them and hold the other's hand I have either the one on the ground going limp in a hissy fit wanting to be carried for the one in my arms going limp wanting to walk with their sibling (if I am really lucky both hissy fits happen at once)...basically mom can't win. They also tend to scatter like sands upon the wind when I get them home and I am dying to pee. I try her herd them into the house and basically have two very upset kids because they want to stay outside more than life itself. I ask them to go inside nicely the first 2-3 times but after that I usually have to get my mad mommy face on and demand that they get inside. (Before I wet myself...oh, the joys of having a 9 lb 14 oz baby last time...bladder is not what it used to be!)

The reason I wrote about this today is because we just got back from lunch, the post office, the bakery and had a major incident in the yard and it took me like 10 minutes to get them herded into the house.

Okay so I was supposed to try to balance good with bad....let's see....the kids were perfect angels at lunch and they are being very good right now...actually playing very good together for the moment. I love those little buggers more than I could ever put into words. I thank God every day for my beautiful, healthy babies!