A rough go

I feel like I'm always complaining on the blog about us being sick, injured, cranky, etc... so I'm sorry.  We've been many of those things over the last 4 or so weeks so I've tried my best to avoid griping about it.  The girls have been sick for about a month on and off, I got it for a while, and now Josh is on antibiotics because he was coming down with it pretty badly.  However, all that said, yesterday was the first day in a LONG time (maybe even since we've been home from the surgery) that I ended the day thinking, "this was a GREAT day!"  It was SO refreshing!  The girls were sweet as can be- happy, agreeable, took long naps, everything a parent can ask for.  

With all that we've had going on lately I've realized it's easy to be the parent of happy children.  Anyone can do that.  It's the days when the children are impossibly cranky and ornery that I feel like I'm totally unfit to be a parent.  I had coffee with a friend last night and we were talking about how the Lord gives us days like yesterday to remind us that we CAN do this.  

Now for some funny pictures totally unrelated to anything...

Classic Sarabeth- thumb and hair in the mouth.

chillin'

Yes, Anabelle is eating yogurt with a huge wooden spoon (and loving it!)

Wild hair after a nap.

Sarabeth's art project- stickers in her sister's hair.  Who needs paper?