Good title for this one- Moody Mom!

Oh I am so glad this weekend is coming to an end. Full of moods left and right.. I tell you kids sure know how to push your buttons at times.. You know if they would only cooperate and do as expected life would be wonderful. But noo-- not so! Parenting as we all know is no smooth ride- its like a roller coaster I guess full of ups and downs. You know how true that saying is at times when you were told "just wait till you have kids!" Yep it was one of those weekends for me.. Kids defying rules, chores not done promptly, etc.. I am sure a little- ok maybe alot of it has to do with Ricardo being gone and I am the only enforcer of rules in the house. Not such a fun job being a single parent! Had to give them the news that their allowance will less since chores werent done as asked this week-- So therefore I am the mean mom I guess-- Hey no work-no pay/no play.. That's life.
Ask me today how this deployment is going and I'll just say I have had better days that's for sure! I wish we were at the end of it already..

Today Ricky and I took Justin to his camp at the University of Texas.. Justin is staying in some of the dorms there- the campus is HUGE! He was pretty excited to go- and ready for me to leave once I took him to the dorms- (did I mention it was a stressful morning here ?!) Checkin was in the athletic complex- those guys have an awesome workout facility! I sure hope he gets alot out of this and appreciates the fact that we were able to send him. He will be there all week- I am sure he will be worn out when I pick him up..

Ok heres to hoping my week goes a bit more smoothly as I am sure it will. Having two kids at the house instead of three wont be soo bad.. The boys usually behave well when its just two of them-noone to gang up on.. I get the pleasure of having some kind of peace three weeks this summer as the boys are going to their camps at all different times.. yippee!

Heres a few pics of the good ole days- when the boys were angelic and knew nothing about backtalking! haha..
Marc, then Marc and Justin- in one of their sweet moments, then Ricky..