The Brickers: Pushing Buttons

So I think the wear and tear of Dustin working two jobs, neither of us getting much sleep and me trying to run a household by myself and hold down a job finally caught up to us. Saying that we were "touchy" would be putting it lightly.

Dustin and I have been together long enough that we know exactly how far we can push the other person before we've gone too far. That is both a good and a bad thing. It didn't help that pretty much everything we did or touched this weekend seemed to go down the crapper. It started with an irritating family grocery shopping trip on Saturday morning and ended with a disastrous bathroom remodel on Sunday afternoon.

By Sunday evening we were in a much better mood (thanks to the paint fumes) and I can laugh about it all now.

Saturday night was a function at church for all of the preschool families. There was a dinner and church service in which the children sang. I just have to say that after that experience I have come to appreciate how blessed I am to have well behaved children. In addition, I have to *toot* my own horn because Dustin and I have been able to teach our children what is appropriate behavior in a church.

Josh, of course, refused to go up and sing. So Dustin sat by the communion rail and Josh sat on his lap. Oy vey.

Sunday night, after we abandoned the bathroom project, we decided to carve pumpkins. WE HAD SO MUCH FUN!!! It was exactly what we needed to end our weekend.

Josh did NOT want to participate whatsoever. He merely wanted to play a supervisory role. Well, Dustin was not having that...so torture ensued.