AARRGGHH!

I love 3 year olds! Can you detect my sarcasm in those words??? The temper tantrums are enough to send me bonkers. I don't remember the girls ever having such episodes as my boy does, so I'm thinking that it must just be a boy thing. If it isn't ear-splitting screams, its yelling or its crying or he is following me around connected to my leg with his little arms locked tight doing all three! I try to ignore, sometimes it works. I try to do time out, that doesn't work in the least. I try to reason and whilst it doesn't work all the time, it does sometimes. Or I can trick him by asking him to do something by catering to one of 5 alter-egos he has made up recently. In a house of 5 people, he has to realise that I can't drop everything and give into his every whim whenever he wants me to. Very frustrating, but I've heard it all gets better once they hit 4 years old, so here's to another 10 months of lovely 3 year old temper tantrums!

On a nicer note, we all had a pretty good afternoon with the kids baking some mini banana cream pies, and vegetable pancakes for dinner. Yes, the kitchen was a bit of a mess afterwards and amongst the little fights about who got to do what parts of the cooking, they figured it all out and the results were yummy. Daddy wasn't too keen on the cream pies, but the kids thought they were fantastic and would have eaten the lot right then and there, but we managed to save some and seeing as all three of the kids have daycare tomorrow, they are going to take some to share with everyone. The girls have bookmarked sausage rolls for dinner tomorrow night, very easy for them to make and we will be making a double or even maybe triple batch to freeze the extras. I know its probably not the most healthiest choice, but they enjoy cooking, and it all gets eaten so I don't mind so much. As most people know, little kids can be quite picky so its a bit of a struggle sometimes getting them to eat at all. They do eat a lot of fruit and I smuggle vegetables in almost everything I make...spaghetti sauce, rissoles, meatloaf, vegetable pancakes, chicken pasta, and the new choice, chicken and salad wraps with sweet chilli sauce. Yes, they actually eat lettuce!!! LOL  :)

Well I have had my little rant for today, and now I am off to pack lunch boxes for daycare and organise clothes for tomorrow. :)

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked

And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises

was oftentimes filled with your tears.

When you are joyous, look deep into your heart and you shall find

it is only that which has given you sorrow that is giving you joy,

Kahlil Gibran