Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired!

Lately, I've been very frustrated with parenting. It seems that Braelyn has given up on listening and will do her own thing regardless of my requests. I've tried various sorts of consequences, but nothing seems to work consistently. I spend so much of my time on the negative things that I'm completely DRAINED by the end of the day.

I think (okay...I hope!) that things will get better once school starts, and we're all back on our normal schedules.

In order to keep my sanity, it's time for ME to change the way I do things! I need to focus more on the positive and realize that my kids are still learning how to be a part of this world.

I'd like to try to list one thing each week that I LOVE about my kids.

I love that Braelyn has the most contagious laugh I've ever heard! Once her giggle switch is turned on, she can get a room full of adults laughing and not even know why they're laughing. (I've seen it happen!)

I love that Donny is still at that that baby/innocent stage. Every new thing he learns is wonderful and fun! Things we take for granted on a daily basis are brand new experiments for this little guy.

Over the next week, I'm challenging myself to look for the positive things and focus on those.