Small Joys & Sanity Juice

Christopher discovered water during his bath time this week.  It was somehow uplifting so see his eyes widened up as the faucet poured over his hands and he eagerly tried to grasp at the waterfall.

Somehow, that small moment alleviated the tension that has been surmounting lately in the house.  The past few weeks of "single-moming it" (my hubby is still out of town working) have kinda caught up with me and turned me into a modern-day version of Jekyll and Hyde these days.  One minute everything is great, the next I am ready to climb the walls.  More often than not, I put myself in "time-out" (aka shut myself in the bedroom for 3 mins.) just to regain some composure and pep-talk myself into getting through the last few hours of the day.  (And by pep-talk I mean under-the-breath curses, a few tears, and some serious count-to-ten-deep-breathing.)  And occasionally I have to pull out the big guns.....

Carly asked me the other day what I was drinking...I told her it was "Mommy's Sanity Juice".  (Can't wait til she shares that one with her pre-school class.)

And so I find myself trying to find the small joys in each day.  Like my son's discovery in the bath.  Or finally, finally getting the house decorated for Halloween!

I laughed at this picture...check out the background sign!  "Mommy's Sanity Juice!"

And I just couldn't resist changing it up a little....

I am not a scary, blood and gore kinda Halloween gal.  I like the cute little ghosts and pumpkins to decorate our house.  Carly is anxiously waiting for her Halloween party I promised her this year, and I am stocking up on the "sanity juice" for next week when 6 to 12 little goblins will be charging through my house on sugar highs....

Oh! and costumes this year...

M-I-N-N-I-E M-O-U-S-E!!  Christopher is Mickey...she is still trying to me to get dressed up like Daisy and her Dad Pluto - or as she calls it "the Dog".  Makes me smile every time... see it's the small joys!