Enjoy the Moment?

Emilee posted a wonderful blog about enjoying the moment and loving her kids.  Me?  Not so much.  Today, Evan woke up and started yelling at me that he wanted French Toast.  No wait, he changed his mind.  No French Toast.  No wait a minute again, he desperately wanted French Toast.  Then, he wanted his trains.  No... not trains.  Mimi cars (code for 100's of cars from the movie Cars that Em brought him from Utah).  No, wait, he takes that back, trains.  No, cars.  No, trains.  Yes, trains for sure.  Next he yelled at me that he didn't want the remote on the couch.  "Um, buddy, just move it."  "Wahhh! - You move it!"  Wahhh!  Waahh!  Waahhh!

Ok.  So breathing slowly and trying my hardest to have even the slightest amount of patience.  Maybe watching a little episode of Chuggington will help.  Oh, you don't like Chuggington anymore?  Ok, you only want Little Einsteins.  Oh, I didn't know that when you say "No, Chuggington!" and cry real (pretend) tears that means you really do want Chuggington.  Sorry for my misunderstanding.

Next he decided that yogurt sounded good for a snack. No, cheese.  No, crackers.  No, yogurt again.  Then real (pretend) tears... "I don't want food! I am not hungry."

The day proceeded like this until about, say 5:15 when Steve got home from work.  Lucky for me, my shift ends about then and it is Steve's turn.  Also lucky for me, tonight I had dinner plans with my friend, Beth, and I was leaving!

A trip to Target, Storables, and Red Robin later... I am rejuvinated and I am ready to take on tomorrow.  (Hopefully?)

I did not live in the moment today, and quite frankly, I didn't want to!  I wanted the day to end as quickly as it possibly could!  The good thing about today?  I can't really put it into words, but I can show you...

This is him AFTER I got back from Target with his beloved goggles and BEFORE he insisted on wearing the little gems to bed and actually fell asleep in them.