As I am woken up on this Thanksgiving Day I am truly thankful for several things. I think of my day to day. The little things that I have become so used to. I forget that there are women who will never experience what I have. It really takes a special day and time to be able to look through the chaos and see the beauty of what moms do every second of there lives.(like college beer goggles)As I am currently sick with something and have lost my voice. I am actually thankful that I simply cannot yell at the kids. I have given them the day off. We don’t need to be anywhere until 1:00pm so what’s the rush. The day will move slow and I don’t need to shower or even get dressed until noon. So onto my reflection of what I am most happy to have……..I am thankful that my son wants to snuggle in my bed with cereal and warmed up milk. I am thankful for the cries at 6:00am from the firecracker on my technical “day off”. I am thankful that we have coffee. I am thankful that we have a roof over our heads and carpet under our feet. I am thankful that I am the chosen one who will get up with firecracker. I am happy to FIND 5 pair of underwear, 3 undershirts, 1 bra, 1 cami, 8 socks(notice I said socks, we don’t have any pairs anymore), 3 belts,1 hair bow, 3 ties, 1 suit coat,1 pair of panty hose, 1 headband, 1 pair of tights, and iron 3 dress shirts, 3 pair of dress pants, two dresses, one skirt and one blouse.  I am thankful to have the lion tamer to keep me warm and to hit snooze when the alarm goes off for the 3rd time. I am thankful for kindergarten morning breath. I am thankful that lion tamer keeps the sheets warm after I get up with the firecracker. I am thankful for the good morning hugs from my babies. I am thankful for the wonderful friends I have to keep me sane. I am thankful to all the mama’s out there who are raising ladies and gentlemen. If you have just one moment today. Close your eyes, take a deep breath, hug your babies and be thankful for the chaos!!

Ahhhhh, I can still hear the cries now. Mom my nose is bleeding, the skin is gone on my knee, I scraped my elbow……….. again. OR My favorite I need a spongebob band-aid. “Why” I would ask when said injury had no blood. “Because it makes it feel better”. Wow the band-aid companies really have  kids bamboozled.  Whatever works! A couple weeks ago my glittering acrobat was sitting still (so she says) and a gushing nose bleed started. While she made her way into the bathroom leaving a grisly trail behind her I kept thinking, they didn’t tell us about this in mommy class. I remembered from my high school years in softball to pinch the bridge of the nose. Well that didn’t work. Now my lion tamer has decided to join in on the first aid front. He insists that we put ice on the bridge of her nose. That didn’t work either. Mind you we are trying to entertain some friends while all of this going on. After about 30 minutes of frustration and thinking we may need a trip to the ER. I opened the bathroom cabinet and staring at me was a box of tampons. The light bulb went off, I mean the Dr. friend of Mariandas’ in Sex in the City did it. Maybe it could work. I took out a tampon and cut it lengthwise and put it in her nose. It worked! My acrobat was absolutely mortified and refused to come out of the bathroom. I left for a minute to explain to our guests what was going on. Upon my return my lion tamer was trying to explain to my acrobat what those “sticks” were really used for. I stepped in and gave a full explanation. Now ever more mortified my acrobat wanted to get away from us and go play. I removed the first set of “sticks” and put fresh ones in place and sent her on her way. No worries, I cut the string off.