Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: Crafts, Cookies, and Tears...Oh My!

I was so excited about this particular Saturday morning. Daddy was going off to work and the kids and I were ready for a morning of making Santa Claus ornaments and baking cookies. Well....let's just say....it did NOT go as I envisioned it! I should have known better when we started off with sissy falling off the chair and landing on her back....cue the crying. After loving on her and making sure she was ok we were ready to get started! The entire time we were making the ornaments, Mary Elisabeth fussed....I would stick on Santa's glove and she would take it off, I would stick his eyes on and she would take them off.....! By now we were probably on her pitching fit number five... But I was so determined to get these Santa ornaments done and cookies baked!! I was actually quite proud of myself because I stayed cool, calm, and collected the whole time. After we were (FINALLY) done with the ornaments we moved on to the cookies. Josiah immediately got out of his chair, ran to the fridge and took the cookies out... I asked him to pose for the camera with sissy, but he wouldn't let sissy hold the cookies so....cue crying and screaming fit number six ha! He finally let her hold the box, but she was still not happy. I moved the chairs up and of course Josiah cried because he wanted sissy's chair... We put the cookies on the cookie sheet and after fits seven and eight they were ready to bake. After fits number nine, ten, and twenty minutes of waiting on the cookies they were done! I gave the kids their cookies with milk and they seemed to be happy. In the end Josiah loved the cookies and sissy hated them! She decided to have some animal crackers instead ha! After our eventful morning sissy continued to be fussy so I took her to her room and she slept for three hours!!! Poor baby I guess she was just tired.

As much as I wanted to scream and pitch a fit of my own while all of this was going on I kept my cool. I think because as I watched them I became a little sad. They are about to have a new baby sister and I do not want them to think that I do not love them as much anymore. I remember at one point during one of the many crying fits, I just held Mary Elisabeth with tears in my eyes because I want them to know that they are so special to me and I love them both very much. I went through the same thing with Josiah when sissy was born and it was ok. I just pray for a smooth transition for our family as we enter this new chapter in our lives.

So even though this Saturday morning was not exactly what I had planned...I am still thankful because I have two little ones who I love with all my heart! So enjoy the next couple of pictures of our Saturday morning...