Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Tantrums, oh my.

Don't you wish you could get inside their little heads?

I'm so tired of tantrums. I could have one myself. Or maybe I did. You'll never know. :P

You'd think a 3.5 year old would have outgrown the tantrum stage by now. Nope. Not Elijah. Two days in a row of terrible threes. Where is his off button?

Commencing tantrum now...

"MOM! AJ ate my bagel! GIVE ME more."

"Elijah, that is now how you ask. Say, 'I'd like more please.'"

"GIMME more bagel."

"Elijah, ask the right way."

(whine center kicks in) "Iiii waaaant moooore baaaagel pleeeeeeeease"

Giving the mom look now... he knows there is a "no whining" rule around here. And yet, he does it anyway.

Tantrum starts in 5... 4... 3.... 2... 1...

And it lasts for an HOUR. AN HOUR!!!

We finally resolved that melt down.

I'm so tired of tantrums from both kids. It just leaves me feeling like "What am I doing wrong?"

You have these grand ideas of how wonderful your children are going to be when you are pregnant, or when they are little babies. Then life happens. Reality sets in... and you realize... I have no idea what the hell I am doing here.

I'd like an instruction manual please.

(What? There isn't one? Who had this brilliant idea of having toddlers anyway?)

I wonder if Jesus had temper tantrums when he was 2 and 3.... :P

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

"When everything falls apart..."

The song just fits the mood.

Except, what do you do when it feels like His arms aren't holding you strong, when you feel like there is no hope for your heart, when you don't feel His love is mighty and strong?

I'm sure everyone has felt this way at one point in time or another... just throwing it out there... what do you do?

Fee - Everything Falls
From the album Hope Rising

You said
You'd never leave or forsake me
When you said,
This life is gonna shake me
You said
This world is gonna bring trouble on my soul
This I know

When everything falls apart
Your arms hold me together
When everything falls apart
You're the only hope for this heart
When everything falls apart
And my strength is gone
I find you mighty and strong
You keep holding on
You keep holding on

When I see
The darkness all around me
When I see
The tragedy has found me
I still believe
Your faithful arms will never let me go
And still I know

When everything falls apart
Your arms hold me together
When everything falls apart
You're the only hope for this heart
When everything falls apart
And my strength is gone
I find you mighty and strong
You keep holding on
You keep holding on

Sorrow may last for the night
But hope is rising with the sun
Its rising with the sun
There will be storms in this life
But I know You will overcome

When everything falls apart
Your arms hold me together
When everything falls apart
You're the only hope for this heart
When everything falls apart
And my strength is gone
I find You mighty and strong
You keep holding on

When everything falls apart
Your arms hold me together
When everything falls apart
You're the only hope for this heart
When everything falls apart
And my strength is gone
I find You mighty and strong
You keep holding on
You keep holding on