Hide n Seek

fHave you ever had the urge to hide from your family? I'm not ashamed to admit that I HAVE (You know you have too)! I have even been known to play hide n seek with my kids for the sole purpose of getting a few minutes alone to myself while hiding in a VERY hard to find spot!! If you haven't tried it, you really should!

And that's exactly what I did yesterday...without even meaning to! It was one of those terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days...and in a foreign country it's even worse!! I had gone to the pantry to find something to make for dinner. I stood there with the door open for quite some time, then a thought popped into my head, "If you close the door no one will look for you in here." So that's exactly what I did! I pulled up the big bucket o' crackers and sat down. It's surprising how peaceful a pantry can be! I got a bit of lite reading done while looking at the back of my canned goods for new recipes, and I took stock of what we had and what we needed. I must say, I quite enjoyed myself! I even got about 30 minutes of time to myself. So I think I'll hide in the pantry more often!! You should try it too!

Note to self: Hide a bag of cookies in the pantry to munch on next time.

Disclaimer for CPS: Husband was home during said hiding attempt--no child was ever left alone or unattended.

2 months

The unwritten rules of Mother's Day:

1. Kids MUST behave their worst on this day. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
2. You MUST be late to church every single year because of said behavior in rule #1. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
3. You MIGHT not have to make your own dinner (but you'll for sure have to clean it up). HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
4. You MUST take a nap while dad "watches" the kids--only to wake up to something resembling a tornado. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
5. The kids MUST go to bed early so you can re-coup from "YOUR" day! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

And now that they're all asleep and your house is peaceful once again, you can LOVE them and be GLAD you're their mom!!!