Crazy/Beautiful weekends

Weekends can be beautifully awesome... No rushing off to school, mornings cuddling in bed, staying in pjs, spending time with the boys, learning all I ever needed to know about Mario, and Spiderman. Getting as many hugs, and kisses as possible. Playing and being together as much as we can.

Yet... weekends can be all kinds of cray cray! Spontaneous circumstances, public outings, lax schedule and structure, ect... No matter how much we prepare, plan, and arrange accordingly; it can go from great to spinning out of control faster than the speed of light!

On good days/weekends it can all be fun and happy. Or if he is having a off day.. it can be "down in the trenches covered in mud" rough. Sometimes the boys can co habitat in the same area while mommy and daddy try to get some things done around the house. Or they have to be completely separated because they will harm each other if unsupervised.

Usually it is because Rye doesn't understand that Bman wants to be left alone, or that Bman doesn't understand the situation. That usually ends up in a severe aggressive lashing out, tears, self injurious behavior and a total meltdown. Then each boy is sectioned off to a different are of the house to play different things. While mommy and daddy try to smooth everyone's feathers, including their own.

Sometimes it is because even the best laid plans can fail. When we have planned an outing that we were sure Bman would love but 5min after being there he is starting to meltdown and asking to go home. While Rye is desperate to stay. The everything goes crazy and we are one of "those" families getting all the stares.

Still, there can be weekends, that are beautiful. Like this one, right now, sun coming in the windows, both boys giggling and smiling. Everyone is happy, lighthearted, and loving. These are the weekends that I don't want to end.