Channeling Amy

I've taken a leaf out of Amy's Scrapbook today ~ I'm frequently impressed with how she scraps in the moment, in the here and now. A fantastic photo of her child/children or the current lamentable state of her veranda and, wham, before you can say Waltzing Matilda, she has it recorded for posterity on a terrific page. Amy also scraps in a style similar to mine, although I do think that she is better at it. DS totally ruined our walking the dog this morning by his constant refrain of, "I want ..."; he was none too happy when Mummy told him a very firm "no" after his umpteenth refrain of, "I want a snack", bearing in mind that he had already eaten breakfast (2 bowls of cereal and 2 yoghurts), munched his way through his daily fruit box and scoffed the daily mini-snack box of bread sticks, rice cakes and raisins. It was still only 10am. On returning home, he was sent to his room (for the heinous act of spitting at me (right up there at the top of my that's-very-naughty-and-I-will-not-have-it-list)) and I had a large mug of tea and a huge piece of chocolate. I find tea and chocolate are the perfect remedy for when your child has pushed you to the limit and throttling them is not an option ...
The journaling reads: It's an ongoing process to have you learn that you can't always have what you want. A tantrum from you resulted in a shortened walk for the dog and bad temper for Mummy. ~ 3 September 2010.