Mike gets back soon, and I am so thrilled. He’s been gone all of 2 days, but it’s the 2 days that the kids all ‘turned it up a notch.’ (Of course they do that when he leaves town!)

I meant to get a lot done these last two days. I had lofty plans for laundry perfection, and was sure that I’d work in a cleanup of the garage. Instead, the laundry is still not done and I’m just grateful the kids are asleep and I survived. Wow, did my expectations plummet, or what?

At one point, around 11 this morning, I had one baby crying, another one covered in poop from an explosive diaper, and the cat - well, let’s just say it was a hairball kind of day. Ick, ick, ick. Ick on the laundry room floor.

And did I handle this well? Did I sound like Jeana, or the Prov. 31 woman at all? Oh my gosh, no. In fact, I got out one of those break apart cookies from the package and said aloud: "I am turning to food." All solemn and weird and all, thinking that if I did that, I would not follow through. I did. I ate the stupid raw cookie made with raw egg and everything. And I am not one of those people that likes cookie dough. I do not!  The thought of eating the raw egg in the raw dough grossed me out, and then I kept thinking the day was going to be so much worse if that stupid cookie blob made me sick. Anyway, I do no recommend turning to raw egg-y foods when stressed. And I do not recommend declaring it in a solemn voice to your empty kitchen, because then you’ll just feel like a moron.

Today had a serious bright spot, that all the mommies need to know about. While I was making dinner my 5 yr old and 2 yr old came up with a fantastic game. And it was fantastic because it was a) educational b) promoted their self esteem or c) both of the above?  Nah. It was the best game ever because they came up with it and they were sooooo quiet the whole 40 minutes they played it! They called it Secret Agent, which amounted to a lot of sneaking around on tiptoe and peering around furniture as silently and as unobtrusively as possible. To quote the girl part of the two headed dragon on Dragon Tales, "Looooo-ooove It!" Anyway, there is one drawback. You don’t necessarily know when the game is over and they’re on to something new. And if my kids are on to something new, and they’re still quiet, there is serious trouble going on. Like, let’s-smear-the-toothpaste-on-the-lightbulbs-and-watch-it-cook kind of trouble.

Have a wonderful day, from my Haven of Peace to Yours!