Tired, Fed Up or Just Plain Cranky.

The Fourth of July is always a fun time for my family.  Super Handsome's birthday falls just after the holiday and my mother and father in law usually come for a visit.  Their visit is always always highly anticipated by my children!  They love to spend time with their grandparents!  This trip was no different.

During this trip I learned some great things and not all of them were easy.  As parents we are protective of our children and we are also very hard on our own children.  I realized that the same reason I have been so hard on my father in law about is something that I do to my own children.  It is not fair for me to be so hard on him for something that I do to my own kids.  So, it is probably time for me to let go a little more and let my children go and spend some quality individual time with their grandparents.  It is also time for me work harder to stop being so hard on my kids and give them the respect that they deserve even when I am tired, fed up or just plain cranky.

I am looking forward to reading the book How to Take the Grrrrr out of Anger with my children.  I am confident that there are lessons for us all in it.

Craziness

We all have craziness in our lives and what I have learned is that we as parents really need to take the time to manage it not only for ourselves but also for our kids.

It has taken time, lots of time for me to realize that I needed to be the one to remove the drama.  I did and I am finding that while things get crazy sometimes, it is now much easier to bring things to "normal".  And as a parent I have the responsibility to keep my children's life drama free as well.  I want them to understand that drama is not the norm.