“I sure do love you”

I spent the entire afternoon wrapped in my blanket, while the boys did whatever they wanted in my room, and the baby was forced to suck his pacifier in his crib!

Having the flu is bad enough, but having the flu and being responsible for 3 kids is almost impossible…

The 3 year old was very understanding of the situation and always let me know that he would take care of me (of course the very next second he would be pushing his brother or pulling a toy away from him…which inevitably makes me shout at them), but he means well… I hope.

Chills, dizziness, coughing, sneezing…add some screaming kids, a crying baby, and a husband who was working late… and just when I felt like I couldn’t take it anymore, my eldest son looks at me and says… ”I sure do love you mummy”…

You’re giving me stress!

We’re here in the room, just me, the newborn, and the 3 year old…and apparently “I” am giving the 3 year old stress!!!

Did you ever wonder if you wanted your kids to grow up to be like you?!? Ya, scary isn’t it… Well, I think my 3 year old is starting to pick up my traits…and not the good ones!

I was getting the baby ready so we could go down to the playroom in the hotel and since I was taking a bit long, he looks at me and exclaims that I am giving him stress… Yes, STRESS… The 3 year old child has stress.

So then, we’re in the playroom with another 3 year old kid and, like all kids do, they get into a little tug-of-war over a toy, and in his anger, my little sweetheart says to his buddy ”get a hold of yourself!”… I am thinking to myself…what do I do now…apologize and blame it on his dad!

Road Trip

So we took a road trip with 2 out of 3 kids…we left the middle one with grandma…YES, I do feel guilty about it! Even with the other 2 it took us almost 6 hours for a 4 hour trip…

Travelling with kids is a bit of a challenge…what to back?…how much to pack?….should we even go?? We decided to leave home at noon, we took the kids to grandma’s house early in the morning so we could have enough time to pack. By 1pm we were ready to leave the house…by 2pm we were pulling out of the driveway…by 2:30pm we were ready to leave grandma’s house with the 2 kids…wait, we forgot something at home…by 3pm we were again pulling out of the driveway… So its 3pm and we’re leaving home, the ‘almost’ 2 year old is alseep so he doesn’t know that we are leaving, and the 3 year old is extremely excited about his trip.

After 3 hours of driving, the 3 year old declares that he would like to go back home and sleep! At 9pm we finally get here, as my husband makes the 3rd trip up to the room, the lady at the front desk comments that we have a lot of stuff! Meanwhile, in the room, 3 year old is bouncing from one side of the room to the next, I am ready to just drop, the baby needs to be fed…and wait a minute…what about dinner?!?