A Bit of Cyn

I have to say, I’ve actually enjoyed most of the day so far. And honestly, it’s surprised me. Today is Wednesday, which means I’m home with both kids today. Usually Wednesday’s are hectic, anxiety ridden days. I enjoy the kids, I do. But it doesn’t take much for me to lose my patience, pray that the day will end soon, and wish that Ron would just come home already.

Today has been much different. It helps that Sophia slept well last night. She had a full nights sleep and woke up in a good mood. Last night she told me she wanted to go to the Children’s Museum and I figured why not? We ate breakfast, the kids watched TV while I showered, and off we went. (We didn’t even fight about getting dressed! Now THAT’S a miracle.)

The kids walked, without whining, into the museum. They followed me. They listened when I asked/told them to do things. (Okay, let’s be real, some times they didn’t listen on the first command, but they did it without me yelling or losing it. Again, another miracle.) We played (Curious George is the new exhibit and so much fun!), and really had a good time. Drew ran into the Curious George exhibit and hugged the statue. It was so dang cute. I wish I had my camera. They made transitions fairly easily, which does not usually happen.

I think I was a bit smarter today in that we got there right as it opened, and we left before lunch time. We stopped at McDonald’s to eat. Both kids were quite well behaved, which again is different than usual when it comes to eating out. I got the kids home without any melt downs, screaming, yelling, threatening, etc. They even played together and laughed in the backseat of the car. It was really, really nice to listen to. We were back home before Drew’s nap, which I think also makes a difference.

I told Sophia how proud I was of her behavior today. How she did such a great job of listening and following directions. I told her I had a lot of fun with her, and that was really nice. She had a great smile on her face. It was really, really nice. We’ve decided that if the weather holds out, we’ll go kite-flying after Drew’s nap. Hopefully that’ll work out. It’ll be a fun activity for all of us. It would be nice to end the day on an up note!