The Many faces of Children

It has been a rough few days around here. The rollercoaster of emotions has been on overdrive. It started Sunday. Something with the kids was off, all 3 of them woke up in grouchy, crabby moods. After several hours, feeding them, trying to distract them with tickles and games I finally turned to the television. Oh how grateful I am for Playhouse Disney. A wonderful round of Handy Manny and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. It is never my first choice to let the TV be the quick fix, but oh how wonderful it was on Sunday. Their mood changed after a couple of shows. Then we played outside, ate lunch and everyone took naps. In the end it was a great day.

All seemed to be going along great until tonight. Tonight the crabby, moodiness and tears were focused just with A. One minute she was a cute, laughing little girl and the next she was the picture above! Oh my precious girl, I wish I could fix whatever is putting you in this mood. I was actually able to "snap" her out of her mood for a little while when I pulled out the camera to capture the many faces of A. After several minutes she smiled at me and started to have fun.

I hadn't planned on the pictures making her laugh, but I'm glad they did. My plan was to try and document even some of those not so cute moments. I want to capture every part of them. They are my everything and they are growing so fast. It is amazing how these four years have gone by and even though nights like this are tough on everyone, I am trying remember that one day I will miss this.