A Reflection

I must admit that my patience in the last while has been lacking.  Usually I'm relatively good natured and it takes quite a bit to annoy me.  For whatever reason or reasons, I feel as though I haven't been myself and I don't like it.  Especially as my mood is reflected in the kids.  Tonight I consciously made an effort to enjoy my family and relax.  There was public swimming after Emily's lesson tonight so we all brought our bathing suits and spent an hour in the pool.   Once at home I gave both lots of 'smooches' as they call it while tucking them in to bed.  So rather than sniping at them to get to bed and Liam refuting the routine, both he and Emily went to sleep without a fuss.  I left their room smiling to myself while hearing them giggle. It amazes me how much we influence our children and how they respond to us.  I'll try to keep that in mind next time my patience runs thin.

Crushed

Liam's Grassroots hockey is every Wednesday evening.  The season began four weeks ago, but he's only played twice (not counting the mini tournament).  Two weeks have been cancelled due to the weather; first too cold and this past Wednesday, too warm.  Todd's parents came to town to watch him play, but as we were about to get him dressed in his gear, his coach called to cancel.  It was about 10 degrees celcius and the rink had too much water on it.  I didn't want to be the one to break it to Liam, but I thought the pain would be less if I just told him.  Was he ever crushed!  His poor little heart was broken and it took about 20 minutes to stop the tears.  Good news is that this week is supposed to get cold again so the rink should be frozen.  Let's just hope it doesn't get too cold!

So sad!