I yelled at my kids

and feel really bad about it. Really bad because I really really yelled. And then I had to send them off to school for the day with heavy hearts.

As much as I try not to, I am beating myself up about it. It's hard not to. But today is today and each minute is a new opportunity. Tonight is an opportunity to make it up to them. It is 'party night' because they went to bed nicely last night. I told them what if they managed to actually go to bed without fuss, etc etc etc (I don't need to elaborate, we all know what kids are like at bedtime!), I would throw a party.

Well, they called me on it. So tonight is party night.

Another little person is having a nice day today, a little party in a bus. This is Grand Nana. She is 88? I think, and she is all ready here to go in the bus and get an ice cream. The bus driver bid us farewell, reminding me that when they leave, they are clean and beautiful. When they come home they are covered in icecream drips and oh so happy and fulfilled. No doubt she will sleep like a baby tonight.