tornado tantrum vs. little daddy

Sigh.. it's finally the end of the week. Obviously if you have read my other posts you know that this week has been physically, emotionally, and spiritually draining on me.

Today was not much better. It started out with a rude wake up call of my oldest running into my bedroom yelling that his brother had dragged one of the dining chairs into the kitchen and was trying to get the vitamins out of the cupboard. (They are up on a really high shelf hidden behind other things and have a child-safety lid on them, but still.. he would somehow find a way to get into them.) The day slowly got a little better when my oldest decided he needed to start practicing to be a daddy. He told me yesterday that he wants to have a baby and wanted to know how old you had to be to have one. And then he decided that he needed to find a mama and get married first so it would be awhile.. (Not before he was 23 I decided.) So, in order to practice, he helped get his little brother's coat and shoes on and then buckled him up int the car before heading off to school. (Don't worry, I drove:) Afterward he said, "I don't know how you do this everyday. I'm tired already." Thank God someone finally understands! It was so nice to have an extra helping hand this afternoon. I think he's going to make an amazing papa panda one day. :)

After dropping my older one off, I took my little one to the store with me to get a few things and he spent the entire time hanging off of the cart and laying on the floor whining and throwing fits. It was exhausting. 3 is not my favorite age and I am looking forward to getting through this stage. As soon as we got home they started fighting (as usual) over a game of chutes and ladders and my youngest kept sneaking stuff out of the refrigerator and hiding under the dining table with his sneaky goods. He had some quiet (fit throwing) time in his room while I finished making dinner and tried to clean up the destruction in the living room. I know that it's not always going to be this constant and that my youngest will not be a tornado tantrum thrower forever, but right now it's hard and by the end of the week I am just drained.

I think I could deal with it all if I weren't so hungry and low on energy all the time. Yesterday for dinner I made couscous with garbanzo beans, carrots, squash, and zucchini. Seemed completely safe and free of sulfites as far as I know. Well, I had an allergic reaction. I was completely perplexed and thought maybe it was the bread I ate, so just now I ate more without the bread, and as I'm writing I am experiencing the same reaction. (I just took some allergy medicine so hopefully it starts helping soon. ) Argh! I mean, really.. what gives?? I seriously think I'm going to have to live off of nothing but fruit for the rest of my life. It's pretty frustrating.

Trying to focus on the positive now though, I did get a few pictures with the boys today which were funny and made us all laugh.. As difficult as my youngest can be, it's hard not to crack up at his goofiness. :) And the temperature was actually above 20 for once, so it was nice to finally get a little bit of sunshine! I am hoping the weather stays a little warm tomorrow so we can get outside for a bit. I would like to take the boys downtown to the Market and just wander around and look at fruit and vegetables. I think we could all use some fresh air and exercise.. and I'm going to try to catch up on some much needed vitamins and minerals.

Thanks for listening to my rant. I'm hoping to post more this weekend so you might hear from me again (and hopefully I will be in a better mood.) but if not, I hope you have a good weekend!