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12 April 2013

It's been a hard week

It's been a hard week.  There have been tears - mostly mine. 

I've been poorly and it seems as though you have been testing me, pushing me to see how far you can go.  I snapped on Wednesday morning. 

You tipped almost an entire cartoon of milk over the coffee table and carpet in the front room.  You wanted a drink of milk and wouldn't wait for me to finish what I was doing.  I didn't get to you in time to stop you and there was milk everywhere.  I burst into tears and so did you when you saw how upset I was.  I'm not too proud to admit that I had a little meltdown.  Illness and naughty toddlers do not mix! 
Thankfully Grandma was on hand to rescue us and I was laughing as I told the story to your Aunties a little while later. 

That night, as I put you to bed, you grabbed my face and kissed it all over (including my glasses).  I thought my heart would burst with love for you in that moment.  Now I was crying happy tears. 
These moments are what parenting is all about.  The naughty Harry/cross Mummy moments, although frequent, are almost always immediately forgotten.  But these moments of pure love, where you make me feel like the most important person in the world - these moments will be forever remembered.