Peaks and Valleys

I would like to try to get back into the groove of blogging. Hopefully this will be something my kids can look back at and remember some of the little things as well as the big things that go on from day to day.

It is Sunday and I am home with the 4 critters while Doug works. For some reason, today is always the toughest for us. Tempers and power struggles flare big time on Sundays. Don't know why.
Cutism for today: Walker asked if he and Max (almost 5 mos old) are "diagonal twins" instead of identical twins. We are always telling him how much Max looks like him when he was a baby. So in a way, maybe they are diagonal twins!
Lauren is pushing my buttons today. She is tired and it shows! She has been wearing her bikini swimsuit (it has been literally -25 degrees outside) saying she looks like a mommy (I think she wants it to be like she is wearing a bra and underwear).
Brady has a direct line to the police, or so he thinks. Everytime I tell him something he doesn't want to hear, he says "I'm telling the police on you". That is at least 10 times a day. He also has his "new friend" coming to pick him up. There is no such person (kind of sad) but he waits for her to rescue him from picking up, going to bed, going to church etc. When the others are on his good side, they get to go with him. If he is mad at them, they don't get to go. It is quite the elaborate story he has going on.
Max is too cute for his own good. He smiles tons! He can really sit himself up and is more aware than I remember the others being at this point. He is finally getting some chub on him which I love! His chubby little thighs are irresistable! I wish mine were!
I hope I can get through the rest of the day without losing my cool! I am really trying not to curse, yell, or spank. This is a lot to handle, so I am taking it one step at a time. I have been working on the cursing, which is going pretty well. It is going to take mountains of self control for the yelling. The spanking, I have also been doing pretty well with. Peaks and valleys. Feels like I am climbing a tall peak! Climbing some, slipping back some.