Mommy Breakdowns

Is anyone else hitting their mid-summer crisis?  I am.  We have been so busy doing fun activities and things for the kids that they have started to get spoiled.  Over the weekend we switched the kids bedrooms around so we now have a boy room and a girls room.  Yesterday was spent decorating the rooms and making them look cute and fun.  This morning I thought our dentist appointments were at 8:00 and ran around like a crazy person to get me and Emma out the door and to the early appointment on time. As we sat down in the waiting room the receptionist said, “You’re appointment isn’t until 1:00.”  I think I’m going crazy.

Then I hit my breaking point at home when I asked the kids to get dressed for the day and got no response, twice.  Just blank stares at the TV. Then there was one little girl running around with no clothes on yelling, “I can’t find my undies!” And the other little girl running around yelling, “I need to go potty!” and “no, no, no!” as I try to get her dressed. (She had been on and off the potty for the last ten minutes so I knew she didn’t need to go.)  I asked another child to help find the clean undies and even explained where they could be found.  And a few minutes later there was a cute outfit, but no undies. Arrr…. And then to top it off I got a few of these questions, “Mom can we do something fun today?” I lost it and slammed the door to my room and paced as I fumed.  I then sat and listened for Rob to finish his shower and come and listen to my sob story and fix the kids.  He did both beautifully.  The kids are on a no computer, no TV day, and the older two are walking on egg shells to not set me off again.  I love my kids so much, but some days are tough.