monday, monday, monday

when you read the title you have to say it with a jane brady kinda voice!

some mornings i look at the clock

and think

"its only 830am!"

ugh!

this morning was one of those mornings

where every time i started something

i got side tracked

and the end results 

were bad!

gross smelly mess!!

and that was only part of it!

anyways...

i looked at the clock 

thinking it had to be close to lunch time

and it was only 830 am

my heart sank 

and i didn't know if i was going to make it through the rest of the day!

This weekend i did some rearranging and organizing! 

which reminded me we had not done puzzles in 

forever!

so i pulled out a card table for the older kids to do their puzzles

the did a great job working together!

and put the other puzzles on the ground for the younger kids!

i was able to sit on the floor and help the little guys out and just enjoy some quiet time

and collect my thoughts, say a prayer and move from our weird/crazy morning to 

a fun/busy/learning morning!

after we worked on puzzles for awhile

we headed up stairs for another project

toothpicks and marshmellows, doesn't get much easier than that!

and it also gave me more time to just unwind 

and get my head on straight for the rest of the day!

i even texted a friend and said 

marshmellow + toothpicks = 

very busy well behaved children

i don't even think the kids were being bad/naughty!

i think they were just happy to see each other and

full of energy and excitement, that went a little to far!

its a good thing it was only 830 because then we were able to 

turn our attitudes/behaviors around and have fun/busy/educational morning!

anyone else have a case of the mondays?