Just Another Super Mom!: Not so Wordless Wednesday

I lied, I know, I know...I am a horrible example. I totally was going to have a lazy week with the kids but then the Mom guilt kicked in.

It all started with the kids having colds and just being miserable. Camden was pressing my buttons beyond his normal testing the limits to see how crazy he can make Mommy before she snaps. I had to pull out the "ANGRY MOM" voice and I really hate that. I get all loud and grumpy sounding. He just wasn't listening. The baby poked Ella in the eye and made her a whiny mess for the evening (Ella not the baby). We had to do something that kept our hands and minds busy. We decided on an apple pie. The kids washed and dried the apples. We peeled, cored and cut them. They rolled out the dough. We filled up the pie with apples, sugar and cinnamon as well as flour and butter. We put the lattice top on and voila pie. They were so proud. They couldn't wait for it to bake. While it was baking we used the rest of the apples to make apple sauce. While the pie was cooling we did crafts and made valentines. By this point I wanted to collapse on the floor and cry or sleep but that would have been a horrible idea, leaving 3 young children to fend for themselves. They had pie for their bedtime snack and Ella asked for a piece. I couldn't believe it. Ella is pretty much a non dessert eater. She is just like me and isn't a fan of many sweets. She took a piece and gobbled it up. Its amazing what kids will eat if they make it. She thought it was the most delicious thing she had ever tasted.

The house is falling down around us but the kids had fun and I felt bad for them because they aren't feeling great and its even worse today. Ella has the sniffles but is still healthy enough to go to school. Camden sounds like that whiny brat Calliou from TV (you know that whiny bald kid every mom wants to punch), thankfully Camden is about a billion times cuter, which makes the whining a tad more tolerable. Poor baby Harmony sounds like a seal. Actually I overheard Ella say the dog sounds funny, it was Harmony not the dog. I can already feel the sickness seeping into my pores, slowly taking over my body with a sniffle here and a unexpected cough there. Not that I am surprised. Camden coughed or sneezed directly into my face at least 46 times yesterday. The baby slept on my chest for a good portion of the night, so really I am a ticking time bomb of sickness just waiting to feel like death. So before the sickness consumes me I have to clean the entire house so I can Lysol the crap out of it, drink my vitamin C immune boost and pray for the strength to deal with the sickies while Mike works afternoon shift. If I get sick and the house is a mess, I will feel even worse, so off I go, wish me luck!

Here are our pictures from baking yesterday.