some reasons why being a mom sucks

i feel terribly guilty that ani pulled her hair out yesterday (sunday). we were trying to watch a movie as a family and ani really isn't ready for that type of activity, she's much too active for that. so we said it would be ok to go upstairs and play, where she could sing as loudly as she liked. after 15 minutes or so, she came back down and handed me a fistful of curly hair. i asked her if she used the scissors (again), but she said no, she just pulled it, "like this." she then demonstrated how she pulled her hair tightly away from her head. i did a terrible job explaining to nissa last week why she got two wrong on her spelling test because she made her p's backwards, even though backwards numbers or letters aren't marked wrong elsewhere and even though she knows perfectly well how to spell the words. i have to defend my boring job and making nissa having to be there with me. a way doesn't suck - hugs. even surprise ones.