Yesterday morning

Yesterday morning was one of those mornings where you just wish you could run far far away. Aryssa has a cold and cough so she woke herself up at 630 am coughing. Aryssa usually sleeps until 730/8am so 630 is early for her. She started out the morning whining about everything. I had to use the bathroom and she didn't like that so she screamed from the living room. Urgh I knew it was going to be one of those days. Carson woke up at 7 so I got him up and nursed him, he was in a pretty good mood so I thought ok the day is looking up. Well I put Carson down for his nap and like usually told aryssa I was going to take a shower, gave her hugs and kisses and went on my way. Then I get out of the shower and checked on her..... She had decided that while playing with her beans and noodles (dry sensory play) to dump them all over the living room floor. I understand sometimes while playing this happens but oh this was no accident folks, the WHOLE container dumped out. I told her she has a big mess and that needs to be cleaned up, "no". Um what excuse me?! "no clean up" oh lovely the fight begins 920 am..... I continued to tell her to clean up and was greeted with a bunch of no and crying and whining. When I was done in the bathroom I came out and sat by her continuing to tell her to clean up.... This went on forever! Carson woke up from his nap and needed to eat, aryssa was not making this easy so I told her to go to her room. She walked off crying and sad and that was just fine. Carson was just finishing up and she walks out of her room, "aryssa all done crying no more sad" I said ok I am glad now please pick up your mess.... And she did..... For a little while. She then decided again that it was a horrible idea to listen. So I said go to your room. She walked off pouting. I sat down on the couch and said a little prayer to this effect...." jesus please help me get through this morning, please help me remember she is only 2.5...." I had already had newsboys radio playing on pandora so the songs playing were really helping me. Aryssa came back out of her room and I again said that her mess needs to be cleaned. Again she decided to listen and clean up.... By this time it was already 11am.... Almost 2 hours had gone by but my golly I was going to win this battle! Finally around 1110 she had cleaned up every last bean and noodle. I sat down next to her and we had a nice talk about listening and obeying mommy. What a morning. I know she wasn't feeling good, but that doesn't give her the right to not listen and throw fits. Sometimes grant likes to let her get away with small things because she "isn't feeling good" I remind him no it's not ok that isn't an excuse and not allowed. Just because she wasn't feeling good doesn't give her free rein to act a fool! I had been emailing him throughout the morning and venting my frustrations and he kept telling me the day will get better. So after our little battle I decided to take the kids for a walk, get some fresh air and both of them love it so that helps. We got home and ate lunch and then time for naps. I was thinking perfect aryssa should nap a good 2 hours and hopefully feel better and have a better attitude when she wakes up..... She coughed for her whole nap and was up after an hour. Urgh.... She was coughing a lot after nap and I could tell it was bothering her so I decided to run to Walmart to pick up some different medicine. After seeking advice from Facebook friends I bought some little colds honey elixir. It was just honey and some purified water as the ingredients. Let me tell you it helped SO much! It really calmed her down. We also bought some baking soda and vinegar to make volcanos when we got home. So we did just some baking soda in a pie plate, food coloring in the vinegar and a spoon to scoop some out. Aryssa loved seeing the colors "bubble and fizz". This lasted over a half hour and then Carson was getting tired so we headed back in the house to wait for grant to call and start supper. I have to say yesterday morning was hard and frustrating but I had to remind myself she is 2.5, slow down take a break and go about it the right way. Yelling in frustration isn't helping anyone. Today has been a much better day, aryssa slept until 7 and woke up in a much better mood. Thankfully while I showered the living room wasn't destroyed. That's all for now, until next time...