Get over it

I thought the transition from summer fun to school was going smoothly. That is, until this afternoon when I picked up Taylor from school and she informed me that she cried today at lunch because she missed me. I double checked to make sure nothing catastrophic happened in her little first grade world, but no big dramas there. It seems as if the note I left in her lunch box that said, "Mom and Dad love you. Have a great Day," put her over the edge. Ugh.

Corinne also hit a wall today. She wanted to go to Magic Mountain, or swim, or do ANYTHING with her friends. The sad reality of having everyone stuck in a class room until fall break finally hit, and nobody is happy about it.

I woke up today and made a great breakfast. I packed an awesome snack and lunch. I did two crafts with Corinne and played for hours. We made home made play dough and pizza when Tay got home from school. And they STILL found reasons to bitch. I just couldn't win with them today. They were choosing to be miserable. And I keep having to remind myself that they are little humans, who have the same agency as big humans to choose grumpy over happy.

But this is life. And they just need to get over it, and I know they will. And I need to, too. I can't control every little thing that happens at school, or even everything that happens at home. And we're bound to have these days. This is what I'm telling myself now, after calming down and driving around the block a few times this afternoon when I felt upset that even after my best efforts to make everyone happy....they just weren't today.


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