Life of a mother

I have been wanting to write almost everyday. Things have happened that I said to myself, Jen you need to blog about this, this is so cool. We went to Notre Dame, the library, I braved McDonald's again!!! The boys did some cute things, key word there, some! Yet by the time I got the boys to bed I was so irritated at their behavior that I just didn't want to write anymore for fear that it would sound like I couldn't stand my kids!!!!

Dylan is so excited to start school, we went in to see what he needed to register and how it would all work and then I took him to see the campus. Almost started to cry in the parking lot! Deven got upset when he was told he wouldn't be joining his brother at school. The school is for kindergartners only. In the 1st grade he will be moved to another campus. But with that and everything else Dylan has been hard to handle. Actually he has been down right defiant and I am not sure how to handle it! I understand how big a change this is for him and I want to be sympathetic but on the other hand I am mommy and I need to teach him respect and responsibility and you have to start young! He is trying to grow up so fast, especially with my step brother in the house. Dylan wants to play with him and his friends and to be able to do all the things they can do but he just isn't old enough for that sort of thing yet!
Deven is tired all the time. He falls asleep late and gets up early. If he misses a nap the world comes crashing down! I let him miss 4 naps this week! OMG, never making that mistake again. A nap here or there can be missed but not 4!
Tim has been working his butt off and has been tired too and so he is kinda grumpy. He wants to spend more time with us during the week but he wakes up at 4 and leaves at 7 so that doesn't give us much time to do anything but make dinner, get the kids clean and watch an episode or two of Phienas and Ferb.
I too have been tired this week, PMS was bad. I had nasty headaches and the bed we are currently sleeping in is a double! I am to tall for a double to begin with and when Tim is home it is almost impossible to get comfortable! This is contributing to a few headaches.
The weather has been great and we spent 3 1/2 hours walking the campus of Notre Dame on Sunday! We only got half way through it but it was beautiful. I figure if we get the boys excited early then we will have a better chance of them going there. We want to go back and finish looking at the campus. It is about an hour and 15 minutes from here. Next on the list is Purdue, about an hour away and then Indiana University. Give the boys a choice in colleges!
I took a ton of photos, you can see them at http://flickr.com/photos/hopkinsfam/.
Dad was sweet the other day. I was at the end of my rope with the kids. Tim was tired. So when dad invited Tim to go to the bar with him I told Tim to go, I would take the kids to blockbuster and then put them to bed. It was 6 pm and the boys go down at 8, I could handle two more hours! As Tim and dad were leaving the boys started throwing a tantrum because neither wanted to go get my purse like I asked. So dad and Tim left to the sounds of my two boys wailing because I had just canceled our trip to blockbuster and they had wanted to get a video game! Well Shannon had been out and about and came home at 7. When she heard Tim and Dad were at Cooley's she made her way there. I gave the boys a bath fed them and put them to bed. They weren't going to fall asleep though and I was getting irritated at them calling me every 5 minutes!
At 8:30 Dad walked in and told me to get my stuff and head to Cooley's. I was not in the mood, I was already in my lounging clothes, took of my make-up and was settling in to read my Janet Evanovich novel. He wouldn't take no for an answer so I got dressed and headed out the door. it was Karaoke night and the music was good. No one sang, (thank God) and the bar only had about 15 patrons, including Tim, Shannon and myself. Tim was not feeling so well. A little bit of alcohol with little to eat that day and less sleep was not sitting well with him but we sat there for an hour and it was enough for me to finally relax! We left at 1o after 10, grabbed Taco Bell and came home. Dylan was still awake but fell asleep quickly after we went in to show him we came home. Even if it was only for an hour it helped me de-stress!
I am hoping this week is better then last, though it is not starting out that way! Ahh the life of a mother, never quiet!