I really suck at this mom thing

I really suck at this mom thing this week. And before you go and try to convince me otherwise, here are just a few examples of my epic fails....

1. I slammed my daughters foot in the car door. Bad. Like her foot is bruised and I completely thought I broke it.

2. I fed my kids popcorn and apples for dinner one night.

3. We had jack in the box pancakes for breakfast another day.

4. My fridge is practically empty (hence the popcorn dinners and Jack in the box breakfast.)

5. There's about 10 loads of laundry that I have zero intent on doing.

6. Same goes for cleaning the floors and bathrooms. (Can't I just hire a maid?)

7. I didn't brush two of the girls teeth before bed last night. (They did fall asleep early, but still....)

8. I'm sitting here writing this as I have a ridiculously long list of much more important things to get done. And my kids are watching cartoons.

9. I haven't corrected my oldests homework all week because I'm kinda over it.

10. I convinced the girls to cuddle in bed and watch a movie over playing outside because I'm just that tired.

This week just hasn't been my week. I'm tired, I've been short and snappy with everyone in my house. Some days I feel like I need a long break. Like everything just builds and builds and then crashes all at the same time. And then I crash too.

And here's the thing about this, I've come to accept that it's ok to crash, it's ok to feel like I need a break. That a bad hour doesn't make a bad day, a bad day doesn't make a bad week, a bad week doesn't make a bad month and a bad month doesn't make a bad year. That tomorrow is a new day and that maybe next week ill get it all together and feel like I'm totally killing this mama thing.

And there is this odd comfort in knowing that I'm not alone. That other mamas have days and weeks like mine. That at some point we all feel like we're failing.

Being a mama is hard. Like really really really hard. We do our best to give our babes the best life possible. And sometimes the things we view as failures are only failures in our eyes. So next time you feel like you're just suckling at being a mama, remember that you're not alone (and at least you didn't practically break your kids foot.)

Xoxo, D