Underwear, Caffeine Trucks, and Baseball

I am new to this whole blogging thing and I thought to myself....you don't have enough things to fill your day. I mean its not like being a wife and mother of four, a teacher, a doctor, fitness instructor, a chauffeur, a cook, a referee, a cheerleader, a coach, a house keeper, a mail carrier, bill collector, banker, personal shopper, and a play toy take up that much time, right? So why not start blogging, I need filler in my day. And so here it is, our very own blog. (try to contain your excitement.)

Last Thursday was a day like many others, a day spent trying to convince Rebakah that she is NOT the queen of Sheba, a day spent telling Justin "yes, the answer book IS right and you ARE wrong", and letting Brittany's creative juices flow even though my kitchen pays the price.

One thing I have learned is that I need to find the humor in my day, it helps me stay sane and helps me be a little less of a "fun-sucker" for my kids. Some days it is easy and some day I have to work REALLY hard at finding that moment, last thurdsay it was from start to finish an easy day to find these moments.

It started with Rebekah getting dressed, I told her after breakfast it was time to go get dressed and off she went, 10 minutes later she comes out with a clean pair of jammie's on and no underwear. I told her "Rebekah, it is not bed time go put underwear on and then get dressed in clothes, not jammie's" so she goes off her shoulders slightly slumped with the depressing news she has to wear underwear. I know what a mean mom I am! She came out about 10 minutes later with a her bathing suit on and underwear on top and proudly proclaims to me "See Mommy I am wearing u(mm)erware!" As I stifle the laugh coming up I tell her "Yes I see that but u(ND)erwear needs to be under your clothes and not on top, please go try again." I then receive the lip treatment and the shoulders slumped and she says to me "but I like it this way Mom." she did go back and finally had underwear "under" her pants. Yes, it is a sad day in the royal highness's world when she is told to put underwear on her bottom, a conversation that we have almost daily.

The next moment came when we were driving to Brittany's baseball practice. I was in desperate need of some caffeine so I told the kids I was going to get some coffee on the way. When we came around the building to go though the drive through there was an oil truck filling the tank at the coffee shop. Justin sees this and turns to Michael and says "Oh, that must be the caffeine truck Michael." Yes the caffeine truck came and filled the caffeine so that their poor mom could get an energy boost.

So in short, Praise God for underwear & caffeine trucks! ;)