Thankful for Laughter

I must admit this week of no activities outside the home has been very trying. The sibling in-fighting and general desire to annoy the pants off each other is at an all-time high. Thankfully, there have been some great one-liners to crack me up along the way.

Yesterday, I had to take the children to the dermatologist. I thought it was going to be a quick trip, so I was completely unprepared to entertain the children for the length of time we were in the exam room waiting to be seen. There was only one chair--and there were LOTS of tempting things with lights and buttons at their eye level. Wrestling, pushing, fighting, arguing and even a full fledge tantrum were the order of the day. My nerves were absolutely shot when we left. As we were getting off the elevator, a kind woman offered the children each a bag of M&Ms (which frustrated me to no end since we were on our way to lunch and I was angry with them for misbehaving & didn't want her treats to be misconstrued as a reward for their behavior.)

As this kind, 70ish woman with white hair handed the children the candy, R gave her the once over and excitedly YELLED, "Thank you, Santa Claus!"