The life of a Mom.

 Today is one of those days that really shows what it's like to be a mom. This day is special because it was errand day. That means I run as many errands that I can squeeze into one day. This morning I dropped my husband off to work in Joplin then right after drove straight to Neosho to pay our car bill. While I was driving to Neosho my 3 year old figured out how to unbuckle his carseat. I turned around when I heard him whispering to himself, that always means he's doing something he knows is bad. When I saw him sitting up in the seat I totally freaked out. I started yelling at him to get back into his seat while he was laughing at me. He knew I had no power because I was driving. For the first time I wished my son wasn't as smart as he is. Finally, when I threatened a spaken he jumped into his carseat and buckled himself up. That was the first incident of the day. After paying for the car we leave back to carthage. Josiah somehow got into his chex mix snacks and starting chewing them and spitting them out as far as they could go. Of course I tried to stop him, but there's only so much you can do while driving on the highway. I pulled into the carthage wal-mart for my next errand, oil change. When I opened the door to his sister's side she was covered in chewed up chex mix. I was extremely mad at this point because she's only 5 months old and could have choked on those little pieces. So, I get the kids and go inside to find that the oil change will take 2 hours. I really needed one so I agreed to wait...it was a BIG mistake. Found right beside the car garage area were the toys! As soon as Joey spotted them he went bazerk! He started screaming and crying the loudest I've ever heard him. This continued for 2 hours. When I went to pick up the car I was practically in tears. I go up to the register to find out that they hadn't even gotten to my car yet and it would take another 45 minutes. So I left crying. Then I came home fed the kids and went to lay Josiah down for his nap. When I layed him down he looked at me and smiled and said, "I love you mommy." At that moment everything was ok again. Just one moment with my kids in a hecktick day can change everything. All the stress just melted away as if it never happened. I love my kids. Oh and I want to reccomend some other places where you can get oil changes because wal-mart is the worst place to go. Speed Lube in Carthage If you live in Carthage it has way better service than wal-mart ever had. I also wanted to post some tips on stopping tantrums because I googled it as soon as I got home.Ways to avoid Temper Tantrums And lastly I wanted to give any other parents in my class some ideas to reduce daily stress.Great tips to relieve Stress! To sum it up, days can be filled with stress, but it's how you look at it that really makes the difference in your attitude.