Thank You Baby Einstein, cookies and errands!

WARNING:
1. Long post but probably good for a laugh, if you're not me.
2. For those of you who do not believe in letting your children watch TV before the age of two, please navigate away from this page.

Today was what I would consider a BAD DAY for us. It started earlier than normal because Easton woke up abnormally early which put us off to a bad start. I quickly learned Ryan would not be home until late which is never a good thing for me. Then my kids were just GRUMPY. I don't know what was wrong with them but they were so sad and nothing I could do was making it better. It was one of those days, which are few and far between, that I dislike having twins because they both wanted to be held and have my undivided attention which is impossible to do and they get frustrated. Finally after trying everything I could think of, I turned on Baby Einstein and they were smiling and so happy...until it was over. They started to cry again. I needed a break so I tried to put them down for a morning nap to see what would happen. They layed there for a while talking and whining a little bit and then they fell asleep. I was so happy! Don't worry though, about 20 minutes later they were up crying again. Seriously?!? I went and got them and we got dressed and headed to play group. This was a good part of the day, they were actually happy! That is until I walked in the door from there and the crying started all over again. I fed them lunch as fast as I could and headed out again.

I went to Target and decided to stick them in the cart instead of getting out my huge stroller. I turned around for 1 second and they had stood up and were holding on to the car. Then their pants are all too big so they stepped on them and pretty soon I was walking around Target with 2 pantless children which they then proceeded to start throwing them out of the cart. I hurried out of there and went to meet my friend Rachel at the mall.

I got Easton out of the car and into the stroller and went to get Brady. When I turned back around with Brady in tote there was a lady chasing my stroller which was rolling down the parking lot. She had to have thought I was crazy. I finally got inside and figured out that I was shaking due to the fact that in all the craziness of my day I had not eaten one thing. I ran up to the eatery to get some food and went on my merry way. Pretty soon this guy was running after me yelling, "ma'am, ma'am." I turned around and he was holding my wallet. The good news is my kids were really good at the mall. Rachel bought them a cookie (which they made a mess with, sorry mall janitors) but it did the trick and they were very happy the whole time I was there. (thanks Rach)

When we got home they were exhausted so they FINALLY took a nap. Easton only lasted about 30 minutes before he woke up crying and he would not stop. Again I tried everything I could think of to calm him down and nothing was working. So, I whipped out Baby Santa's Music Box and cuddled up on the chair and rocked him. He sat there through the whole thing totally content. I got Brady up and fed them dinner and they started to whine again. Now it is 6:30 and Ryan is still not home. I am going crazy so what do I do, LEAVE the house. I have been looking for a baby gift so we headed out to continue the search. Ryan finally met us and took the kids home and put them to bed while I finished running my errands. Now I am supposed to work 4 hours a day and today I worked 1 which makes for a long weekend and a grumpier me. Oh goodie!

It was a long day and I am so glad it is over. I am hoping that tomorrow will be a better day! We rarely have days like these so I am grateful that they are few and far between. At least I always have Baby Einstein, cookies and errands ...at least for now :) Today I am grateful for bad days every once in a while to help me realize how good I USUALLY have it!