The Noehren's

Lately we haven't been up to much.  We've had lots of snow days, and we've also had lots of colds.  Luckily some of these were combined, so the kiddos didn't have to miss extra school.  We realized that Haley might not be feeling well when we went to a friend's house for dinner Saturday night and she curled up in one of their chairs and fell asleep and got feverish.  What good company we are!  I also caught something that wiped me out for a few days and now Grant is following with the same stuff Haley had.  So last night, I decided enough was enough and thanks to the energy of a 2 1/2 hour nap (heavenly!) I blasted through the house cleaning the kitchen, every bathroom, surface, floor, door knob, and light switch I could find.  Today all sheets, towels and articles of clothing were washed.  I'm sure I blasted any lingering germs...until we actually head back into the world and catch the next bug!  You gotta love winter!

You know how life can be really easy until suddenly it isn't?  Well, sometime around yesterday-ish life got hard.  I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the fact that the kids have been home for almost 3 weeks and have perfected their whining and nagging skills.  Then I got to thinking...is the problem THEM or ME?  Why can't I parent them well enough to not drive me crazy?  How do I change this?   I'm sure both parties are partially to blame and have room for improvement.  We probably all just need a nap.  Parenting is tough work, man.  What mommy secrets do my blogger friends have?