::Parenting is Hard and More Fabric From Mom::

Hey friends!

Have you recovered from Halloween?

Are you getting ready for Thanksgiving?

This time of year gets so busy

and is just a whirlwind.

We've already had our first case of strep throat here.

It was a long day today because all 3 of my girls

were home sick from school.

Does anyone else find parenting to be so, so hard?

Man, there was bickering and whining and fighting.

I separated them, talked about ways to work things out,

sent them to their rooms, tried to distract them

with things to do and none of it worked.

And then, I lost my cool.

The littlest one got a door slammed

on her fingers.

I yelled. I raised my voice.

And there were tears.

then hugs

then cuddling

and apologies

and I love yous.

I feel awful.

I pray for patience.

I don't always have enough of it

for the people I love most in the world.

Does anyone else have those

not-so-perfect-days?

I had planned this post to be

pretty pictures of more

vintage fabric

from my mom,

but parenting

got in the way.

Here are the pictures anyway.

I wish I knew more about the

history of fabric,

but they seem pretty

1970's ish to me.

Maybe 1980's too.

Tomorrow is a new day and I'm looking forward to it.

Cousins

I met Flannery in New Jersey and picked up my niece last Saturday to come visit with us. My three girls were thrilled. The little girls, who are only 6 weeks apart in age, have had a great week playing dress up, building forts for only girls, eating ice cream sundaes, going on preschool field trips and lunch dates, getting in trouble with markers and scissors and... getting sick. They both have head colds now so they had to do some snuggling this afternoon. They love each other like crazy and fight like crazy. It's funny to watch.

I love having my niece here. She said, "Corney, when I grow up I want to be you." Doesn't get much better than that!

It's That Time of Year Again...

and I don't mean the holidays. On Monday, we went to the pediatrician because my middle daughter had gotten a cold and been coughing for days on end. She got some new inhalers. On Tuesday we went to the pediatrician because my youngest daughter swallowed an unknown amount of adult ibuprofen and threw up... at the school book fair, no less. She's all good. Today, my oldest wakes up with a fever and sore throat and stomachache. Classic Strep symptoms. Maybe she should have gone to the pediatrician today, but I just couldn't show my face there again! I think I'll call the doctor in the morning.



In the meantime, I'm dreaming of this... it seems so long ago.