Monday, September 28, 2009

Come on Fall, and all the grouchy children!!!

It is no secret in my family, my favorite season is fall. The leaves are falling, the air is crisp, the bugs are almost dead... there really is nothing better!

However, being at home alone on a Monday morning with my smallest two has given me a new reason to be irritated with my favorite season. C is in training all week, which means she has to go to work in the morning instead of 4pm. I am apparently the only one who actually enjoys the cool, crisp mornings because I have spent the last 30 minutes listening to the fairy princess cry about being cold. Now, I am not the mean mommy that I portray in real life, I took her a heavier coat and made sure the light one is in her backpack for later. But, really... 57 degrees is cold??? What is she going to do when the midwest winter actually hits and it is -4 degrees outside?

I didn't realize this might be a problem until now. C probably doesn't put up with the same level of whining I am tolerating this morning. I normally don't see my kiddos, except to say goodbye at 6:30 every morning. So, on the mornings that I am here I try to be tolerant, and happy. However, happy normally means waving them off and going back to bed. Today I have to do all the running I do once a month for work, kids doctor's appointments, etc. And to top it off, I actually have to go to work and take C a different shirt. Seems she figured out half way there that she is not a firearms instructor any longer and probably shouldn't wear the red shirt. Oh well... yeah!!! Fall is almost here, and while my children are grouchy I will remain upbeat because I know it will only get colder.

Do you have a favorite season?

8 comments:

  1. I love Fall, unfortunately, here in Florida, we don't really have one. And, HI, 57F is freeeezing. ;)

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  2. Hands down, Fall. Cool air and SEC football. IT doesn't get any better. Although, I'm still waiting on the "cool". It was 90 degrees yesterday.

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  3. I love fall in Texas because it starts to get cool... and by cool I mean 70!!!! Hahah I would be whining right along with your daughter. :)

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  4. Fall, spring and the beginning of winter.

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  5. @All of you in Texas and Florida- I totally understand!! I lived in Texas for a year (it did snow on Christmas eve that year), and I was miserable!!

    @Aunt Becky- I would love spring, except that everything is coming alive and the allergies are nutso just then.

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  6. I would be a much bigger baby than you daughter! 57 degrees = -134 degrees here in Houston.

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  7. Bracing for winter - my kiddos are the same way. But so is their mother. I can stand 40 and below and 60 and above, but the in between kills me.

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