"A Jonah Day"

Well, at least a Jonah morning (quote from L. M. Montgomery):) I have a cold and I am recovering, but it is taking me a while. Jeremiah stayed home yesterday and I stayed on the couch all day. Today I thought it would work for him to go to work, but mid morning I found I just could hardly do anything, I was so tired. He kindly came home, got the kids, and me, lunch and afterwards cleaned up the kitchen including emptying the dishwasher from yesterday and taking care of the breakfast dishes. He is wonderful! I am hoping that by Monday I will be recovered and back on my feet again. 

As for the "Jonah" morning, the boys seemed to have a special bent for mischief today. I went upstairs to use the bathroom and when I came down I found both of them on chairs pulled up to the dishwasher. A lemon cake, in its' container, but upside down, was on the top of the dishwasher. Ethan was informing me, between licking cake crumbs off the counter, that Hans had pulled a chair up and got the cake " . . because he wanted a piece and he (Ethan) was trying to keep him from getting it." There were cake crumbs all over the other counter as well. I rescued the cake and put everyone back on the floor. 

Later in the morning I put Ethan in charge and I went down to the basement to change laundry. When I returned I found Hans licking yogurt out of a cup he had just pulled from the trash can. Ethan jubilantly reported that Hans had taken an eggshell from the trash and had tried to eat it, but they had crumbled it up and put it down the heater vent. The truth of the statement was attested to by a trail of broken eggshell and substantial pile in the bottom of the vent. Oh yeah! I was so tired I decided it was snack time, and thus time to restrain everyone to the kitchen table, Hans especially restrained in his chair. 

Now I know why all the books on mothering pre-schoolers show women with disheveled hair and worn out faces! And yet, for all that, my boys are a joy and I do love being a Mom: ) It is so dear when Ethan tells me he loves me or I get to watch Hans discover some new thing or bend over to investigate the threads in the rug:)