One of Those Days

I woke up this morning feeling like I was hit by a bus. Not sure what is going on, but my entire body is sore and I'm just not feeling well. I'm hoping it's not a precursor to some sort of spring cold. Maybe it's because my body knows I have to return to work on Monday and it's going into shut-down mode. If that is the case, I may have to tell Tim returning to work is probably not such a good idea!!!

Of course, when I'm not feeling well, Sophie and Noah sense this immediately and feel the need to make my job as a Mommy extra tough today! Noah decided to skip his morning nap today and Sophie decided to get up an hour earlier than usual. Fantastic....Sophie is also going through this phase where she changes her mind a thousand times and goes back and forth deciding what she wants. Just what I need, another indecisive member of this household. We always have this in-depth conversation in the morning about what she will eat for breakfast. "Cereal, no I want oatmeal. No, I want cereal. No, I want toast, I want toast! No, I want a muffin. Yes, I want a muffin." I proceed to ask her if she is sure she wants a muffin and she states, "Yes! No! I want cereal. Cereal! Cereal!" You get the picture. So finally, she decides on oatmeal (or so I think). I make her a bowl of oatmeal, with much love, and place it in front of her after taking 5 good minutes to cool it down to the oh-so-perfect temperature. She pushes the bowl away and says, "I don't want oatmeal."

Some days I give in because I just want her to eat (she's not the best eater in the world and I always fear she's malnourished) and other days I stand strong and say that is her only choice for breakfast. Needless to say, inconsistency isn't the answer when it comes to parenting. Long story short, I ate the oatmeal and she had a muffin. I can't wait to see what my loving children have in store for me when naptime comes!!!