Should have stayed in bed today!

Playing her passing game with her dad. She found this rock on our patio, which I found in her car seat the other day.  Apparently she picked it up somewhere...

I hate classifying days as "bad" ones...but today definitely gets that label.  Today was a "I am a bad mom day," it seemed as if I couldn't do anything right for Sarah Grace.  We ended up canceling her doctors appointment, fever was gone when she woke up & I figured it was probably just a virus. But boy, she sure woke up with attitude this morning.  By 4 o'clock I had had enough & I loaded her into the car and drove to my parents. I figured someone would be home that I could pass her off to while I tried to gain some composure.  Grandpa was home & so was Uncle Will who both helped in the entertaining department. Sarah Grace and I stayed outside for a good bit while my dad finished washing up Will's car. Gracie wanted to help clean the tires/rims and I just let her. My mom was home from work shortly after that and gladly scooped up Sarah Grace, my dad asked me to run a quick errand for him and I jumped at the opportunity! I even got to drive my mom's new car! I had to stop by three different stores before finding the turtle wax he needed.  I was amazed at how quickly I could get in and out of stores without the girl in tow. Around 7ish we came back home where Eric and Sarah Grace passed things back & forth through the back door. That was a fun game that only lasted for a few minutes and quickly led to another burst of energy on her part.  Eric had some school work to do so Grace and I stayed down stairs where madness began.  A few months ago she had pushed in the power button on our tv and broken it. We were kinda upset at first, but soon came to love it because she couldn't push it on and off anymore. Well, a month ago, (or maybe longer,) it popped back out and when she is in the mood she goes crazy with it despite what we say or do! Tonight was one of those nights...on and off, on and off, on and off, you get what I'm saying? I finally popped her little hand after she turned it off for the billionth time and was not responding to my NO! (I was only getting laughs and smiles with my threats!) I felt pretty guilty about popping her, (although I am not against a good spanking here and there, not so much at her age, but just as future reference,) But she kept right on doing it.  Except now when she turned it off she popped herself. Great! Look what I am teaching my child...I'm not going to list out all the things that she did today/tonight...(poured her juice all over the floor, banged her head against the wall which led to a mirror falling off the wall and breaking, peed on the carpet, bit me, just to name a few, but not all.) Lets just say my patience was not where it should have been today. After talking to my mom & mother-in-law who both reassured me that all mothers have days like this...you know, the ones where you are willing to give your child away...I felt slightly better. Did I mention that Sarah Grace had a new molar break through today? Starting to think thats where the sass came from  and ya know, I'm sure had I been in the right state of mind it would not have been that bad, I just didn't wake up prepared! It didn't end bad though. Sarah Grace was pretty fussy tonight and having a hard time going to sleep, its 1:30 here right now (which would explain the jumbled post) and she has only been asleep for 30 minutes.  But, I got to rock my baby to sleep for the first time in months and that makes today completely worth it!