Fetch!

Elle is drama. 

There I've said it. 

And I mean it. 

Many days I find myself sending texts to one of my friends who also has not one but two drama girls, asking "How do you survive?" And yesterday was no different as I sent her this text, "Didn't you say once that all C does is cry and want to be held? How did you handle it? I'm losing it with Elle and you know it takes a lot to make me lose it."

Her response:

"Oh my, yes. Ignore her."

2 seconds later, another text:

"Drink."

Followed by:

"Move here." 

A few more:

"She is my stalker."

"Praise her 30 times a day even for little things."

Last but not least,


 "Play human fetch. Throw a ball and make her go get it."


Hmmmmmm.....

"ELLE, GO FETCH!!!"

Nuts? Oui ou non?

My husband thinks I am nuts. I first agreed with him but then I looked at my life and thought, "I am not nuts, it is my life that is nuts!"

3 kids under 6 1/2 years, husband traveling all through this December and January for interviews, moving to a new city in June yet we don't know which and when we will find out. And he's still on call/working 80+++ hours a week.  

No family in town.  

A broken window by the boys playing ball at 7:30 in the morning. A broken shower rod also when they thought they were super heroes that could fly. That is just the beginning.

We moved here from Nashville with 12 big plates, 12 small plates and 12 bowls. We now have 9 big plates, 7 small plates and 3 bowls left. As for silverware, I have since lost count which I know Elle has thrown away most of it.  Just caught her too late. 

A constant search each morning for clean matched pair of socks and of course, Thomas' other shoe. And now that it is cold, Thomas runs out with mismatched socks, one shoe on and mismatched gloves...no coat and no hat which he refuses to wear yet he is constantly requesting a scarf.  Yes my life is nuts. 

Would you look at me strangely if you noticed my child walking around like this.....

Don't worry, I would not either!  Is your life nuts too?  What do you do to remind you of the purpose of it all?  Breathe?  Pray? Meditate? Or just continue on...?