Day 2: Hold Thy Tongue

On day two I think I about bit my tongue clean off. Let's start with the marriage challenge for the day: Go a whole day without correcting your husband. Shut the front door. Are the people over at iMom kidding me? They've got to be kidding me, right? Whether they're a bunch of jokers or not, I had to follow through. You should know that I am ALWAYS right. Even when I'm wrong...I'm right. Kade also believes that he is always right. All joking aside, things were going really great on day 2 and this challenge wasn't very hard. Until Kade got home from work, anyway. Firstly, he bought the wrong dishwasher soap. But I was very grown-up and didn't even mention it. As if day 2 wasn't hard enough, I also had an audience that night to be sure that I was keeping up my end of the bargain. Whenever I would open my mouth with a "Well, actually....." I would get a look from someone in the family and I would quickly zip my lips or say "Maybe you're right, dear...." The best thing about this challenge was the fact that it made me aware of how frequently I feel the need to correct Kade. Now, truthfully, sometimes the boy needs correcting. I think most people will agree with that. But, also truthfully, I could lay off. And I'm trying to. So therefore. Day 2 of the marriage challenge = success.

Onward....
Day 2 of the mom challenge was difficult, but not as difficult as I had anticipated it being. The challenge was to not yell at E for a whole day. I'm kind of a yeller. Especially when E pulls a stunt like pooping in his last pull-up when he's supposed to be sleeping at 11 pm. *Irritation*. When I would feel myself getting mad, I would simply say "Easton, what you're doing is making me feel mad. I need to leave you alone for a while so I don't do something mean." He didn't love it. But  he also doesn't love being yelled at either, I'm sure. I thought that this challenge would be a lot harder, because I think I'm pretty hard on myself as far as mothering goes. I feel like the Wicked Witch a lot of the time, but this challenge helped me to realize that I'm much harder on myself than I need to be. This is also one that I'm going to continue working on each day.

On with the month......