"Do you remember the books I read you, the words falling around us both like a blanket?"
~ Patricia Maclachlan in Your Moon, My Moon
~ Patricia Maclachlan in Your Moon, My Moon
Once again, a cosmic tide has shifted. All is atilt in the FiveCrows household.
We all have colds. Lucy, you are strangely moody and emotional at the drop of a hat. Henry, you are happy and full of contagious laughter one minute and then !DING! - suddenly a wild animal, who only says "I hate you" and "poop." the next.
You only hear half of what I say. Every transition is a struggle. Every task is a battle.
I manage not to yell for only so long, then lose it and have to run to the bathroom to hide until I can collect myself for another go.
Psst, the wild things are at our house.
I am tired of taking your toys. I am tired of locking you in your rooms. And I am REALLY tired of repeating everything 5 times before losing my cool only to see fear in your eyes when my voice volume goes up.
WHAT is going on?! Seriously. You guys rode the train to KUH-razy town. And I'm right there along with you (minus all the hair I've pulled out on the trip over).
GAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The best I can do is fall back on our almost-always-consistently-calm-happy-together activity: reading.
We have read a good 2 hours today. Bed time is coming, which will be another 30 minutes or so.
My voice is almost gone and my throat is sore (a little worse now since I choked up while reading this, so lovely).
On the bright side, we definitely have a great start on our summer
Oh come on guys, get your
xo,
Mama
ps - Here is a video of Henry (almost 1) saying "Trucks" while looking at a book. We only realized that you were talking after we watched the video. This is, perhaps, your second word. "Danks" for thanks was the first of your words that we understood. Daddy is reading to Lucy in the background.
pps - My new dream is to have that quote painted on a wall or shelving near all of our books. Ah - I just love it!
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