I have had kind of a hard day today.

It started last night at dinner. We went to our favorite casual pizza place. Luckily it is a very casual place because the kids were TERRIBLE. All three of them had their moments of awfulness. Nora started out by throwing her plate off the table. Then she proceeded to do it 2 more times. Have I mentioned what a challenge she has been the last few weeks? Then Emma started being sassy and bratty. She kept making this annoying noise over and over. I asked her to stop, she looked me squarely in the eyes and kept doing it. She got a time out for that. I was so frustrated by the time dinner was over.

To add to the fray, the pizza was terrible. I had been looking forward to going to Vinny’s all week. When we got there I noticed the sign was different and they had a new name. Everything else in the restaurant looked exactly the same, so we hoped the food would be too. Unfortunately the pizza is different. The crust was different and there was too much cheese. I don’t think we will be eating there again.

Then this morning Vicky, the office manager, stopped my mom and told her that she had gotten another complaint about the kids being too loud. Last week the people upstairs complained about slamming doors. This time someone complained about Nora crying early in the morning. It just sent me over the edge. I was so frustrated with the kids at dinner, and the last thing I needed today were complaints about noise.

It is so hard in these condos in Maui. We are all so close together, and everyone has their windows open. My kids wake up early, there really isn’t anything I can do about that. And Nora is extremely loud. Unfortunately she is also two, so there isn’t much I can do about it. I can’t do much to prevent her from crying, and when she cries I can do my best to get her to stop, but it isn’t like I have a magic wand.

Anyway, on a long trip like this, there are bound to be some problems. I did get to go shopping for a while with my mom, while Scott watched the kids. I found 2 new bathing suits, so that cheered me up. Tomorrow is bound to be a better day–we are off to Oahu to visit Pearl Harbor and I have a sitter all day!