One of "those" days!

I am exhausted today after taking care of a child who seems to be suffering from multiple personalities. One minute he's happy and laughing, the next second, he would have had you believing that I cut off his pinky toe. All-day-long. Granted, I did leave for work for three hours today, but work isn't exactly a fun break. Elmo saved me once this morning, and once this evening. I can usually stand my ground and distract him with something else when he is chanting in a high tone "Elma, Elma, Elma, Elma"... you get the picture....but today he won the battle of his whine vs. my ears. It happens. He watches, he's happy, momma's happy.

Katie (almost 17) and Matthew (13), my niece and nephew came over tonight for dinner and we had a great time once Owen settled down to sleep. We decided to pull out a game that was probably created some time in the late 80's early 90's called "Outburst." It was a little boring at first until Matthew took over and turned the game into charades, then it got good! We played for about 2 1/2 hours and laughed our butts off! Matt's charading was not always easy to guess, but sure funny to watch! For example he tried to get the word "cookie" and was showing how to make them from scratch! Of course we were clueless watching him mix something with a spoon and pour it out. But we had a fun time trying to guess : )

So, the tough day in the end was light hearted and fun thanks to my awesome family!