Hard Day

Ok, yesterday Stunk.

We had to get the kids' US passports yesterday, along with getting their pictures taken for the passports. They were NOT ready for this outing At All. They were off the walls. (Did you know the post office has light-switches?) (I didn't either.) (They do though!) I felt awful all day that our errand caused such turmoil for the kids. They were hyper, naughty, moody, angry, etc. all for the rest of the day. I don't even KNOW how many fights they had with each other or us.

Just a short story about one of the minor tantrums today... As we were driving home Liana kept asking if we were going to America. We kept telling her that we were IN America, and she threw fits telling us she wasn't, and that she didn't want to be here, but rather America. We showed her all the US flags all over the place, and that still didn't persuade her. When we pulled into the driveway, she ran away from us and started banging on the neighbor's house. She came back to our house without much further ado, but I thought this was interesting. Apparently America is supposed to be a lot more fun than this!

So, our fault for taking them out. Too much, too soon.