Break Down

I had a total and complete break down the other day.  I was down stairs exercising and Elleree came down and said, "mom we made bubbles".  What? Yeah!  I went up stairs and was confronted with a mess.  One of those messes that you just think "how am I ever going to clean this up."

 My daughter and son had taken the bottle of body wash that I just bought and emptied it all over my house.

 All over my carpets, tile everything.  Cleaning it up took hours.

 It just kept foaming and I just kept pouring water on it.  I swear I cried the whole time I was cleaning it.  I talk to other people and their kids don't do things like this!  They don't draw on walls and poop on floors.  All I kept thinking was what am I doing wrong as a mother.  I mean REALLY!

 Mean while I really do love my kids.  Even the monster.  He has this pig (from If You Give a Pig a Pancake) that my friend gave him, he loves the thing.  It is in the drawer with him.

 Being the awesome mom I am, Dillon wanted cupcakes, so I made cupcakes.  He didn't want just any cupcakes, but Grinch Cupcakes. 

 I am pretty proud of how they turned out. 

His class didn't really eat them which was really great.  I hope you are catching my sarcasm there.  I don't even know why I bother.

 Most Christmas's I try and do something everyday before Christmas.  It kind of keeps the kids excited, I know like they need that. Right?

 I've been really bad at taking pictures though so I finally took some.  We made gramcracker houses.
 Beckett just ran around creating havoc. 

It was really just a chance for the kids to make a mess and eat frosting and candy.  Their houses turned out okay, but they got frustrated because they kept falling over. 

 Elleree just embraced the fallen pile of crackers and decorated it.

I think they had fun. 

 Some of the other things we have done are make cinnamon ornaments, shop for ornaments, watch the Christmas Story, make goodies, pass goodies out to neighbors, look at Christmas lights.  I just want to have traditions that my kids look forward to every year.  I am afraid it may turn in into another one of those things where I put a ton of work into it. And the only thing they remember is how I threaten them, that they better have fun, or I'm going to hurt them.   So we shall see.