One of those days

Yesterday was one of those days as a mother where I reached lunchtime and was already looking forward to it being bedtime. The day was gorgeous so I thought I would start mid-morning working in the flower beds finishing some planting. Makenzie is really into helping me work in the beds, so I let her do as much as she can and wants to. I thought with two of us working on the job, things would run smoothly and quickly. However, add and second child into the mix who decides she would rather pick up handfuls of dirt, throw it, or eat it for that matter, and things quickly went downhill. I thought I would distract Ashlyn by having her help Makenzie water plants while I finished planting flowers. Being the big sister that she is, Makenzie takes charge and has to be the first to get her hands on the water hose. I see her hand grasp the nozzle, she points (wait, she's not aiming at the plants........you see where this is going...) and suddenly Ashlyn is drenched in a stream of water. The crying begins (it had just ended a few minutes early after I got onto Ashlyn for eating dirt) and all I can think of is how the days has really just started..........I wasn't laughing yesterday, but I did chuckle today as I heard Makenzie relate to a friend Zach how she watered her sister on accident.