tested.

Relax. Breathe. Let it go. Right?

My girls like to test me. My boy, too. But he's relatively easy compared to his sisters. I had to take some good deep breaths throughout the day and even then, there were some time outs and a little bit of yelling. I think I did ok though. I got really frustrated when my lovely Lo absolutely refused to get ready to go outside when mama really needed to get outside in the fresh air for a bit. After much discussing, persuading, threatening, I yelled a little and sent her to her room so that we could all bypass anymore yelling. This is alright because sometimes we both need some time apart. We're together alot. Pretty much all the time, really. So she ended up being pretty content playing in her room and I got a little bit of a break. Unfortunately not outside.
But then later on, this...

This is the work of my other little one. The lover of chapstick, lipgloss, booty balms, anything that comes in a tube or a tin and that she can mush around. This was a nearly brand new tin of lip balm. I love brand new lip balms. But apparently my sneaky little(beautiful)urchin(who I really do love to pieces)loves them just as much as I and got a hold of it. She searches, climbs, picks my pockets, anything to find the next tube or tin. But this time, I took a breath first and picked it up and walked away. I didn't yell. I curbed my frustration. I let it go. Well, kind of. Except I need to vent a little bit about it here. But then, gone. I promise.

Now to find the good, right? There's always good.

Here is my bit of sweetness for the day.

My lovely Lola loving juicing. Carrot, apple and orange because that's all we had in the fridge. But I've made promises to pick up more supplies at the grocery store when we get there next and I'm thinking she might get a little bit creative.
This is good. Well, this and a vodka cranberry with a splash of orange...