Saturday, April 26, 2008

Es ist nicht immer leicht, ich zu sein

Fo those non German speakers out there, it says: "It isn't always easy being me." But most of the time it's okay. Yesterday was Ashton's official tantrum day. Everything I said was greeted with screaming rebellion. That gets emotionally exhausting after an hour. To top it off I had to go grocery shopping. Ashton screamed most of the way through the store. Because I wasn't letting him get down and run around. Because I wasn't letting him take things off the shelves. But mostly because he was in a foul mood, and would have found a reason to scream no matter what.

Then the funniest thing happened yesterday evening. We had the Missionaries over for dinner, and afterwards they were giving us a little lesson. They were taking about Joseph Smith, and when he was in the grove. They said "And then he saw something really special, do you know what it was Ashton?" He got REALLY excited, and exclaimed, "A dragon!" Haha, cute. It was pretty hard to be in a spiritual mood after that. we all laughed so hard. So, pretty great life, even if it isn't easy.

4 comments:

Jenna said...

Ahh, the joys of motherhood. Seriously, I don't know how the missionaries could keep a straight face when they're teaching kids, it's always hilarious.

Abby said...

Love the tantrum days...usually they are my fault bc I take him out without a nap or something, but it's lots of fun to carry a screaming kicking [tall] child when you're 8 months prego...or running after him in public is always fun too, I do that a lot. I'm totally the mom that brings an emergency sucker to the store now.

Jenny said...

I am not sure what you are talking about. My boy doesn't ever do any of that. He sits queitly munching on some healthy snack and smiles. And then tells me I am the best mommy ever and jumps into his carseat without any problems. Aaahh..if only
love that pirate

Kelsey Carreon said...

I thought we were almost out of the tantrum stage then Christina turned 4 and all hell has broken loose. My mom promised it gets better