Rainy Saturday Calmness

Tonight I made a trully apalling dinner. I believe my children should eat what someone made them without saying anything just out of respect for whom made the meal...but I couldn't make them, I threw it all away after a few bites...I made whole wheat rice and pour a can of (healthy harvest) mexican style soup...It was so salty I was feeling the water retention happening in my body...gross...I think that, aside from how long it could take to cook a good meal, what I hate about cooking is nights like this when I fail...I'm so conceited...I'm supposed to be good at everything, right? So, the more I have meals like the one tonight the more I hate cooking...
Going to a different subject, I have another strategy for peaceful time "away" from the kids...Today, there were too many messes happening...so I reached my boiling point and said "we are taking a bath...The girls were super excited and I got to clean up the kitchen and even do some laundry at the kitchen table while listening to the girls in the tub in the attached bathroom.
We dance a lot here all the time (at least once a day, with or without children, I must admit)..Today I put a mix of Sugarland from youtube and dance like crazy w them...Awesome...
We also made (burnt) chocolate chip pancakes (they were still good), baked cupcakes. I didn't have the paper thingys so they didn't come out in one piece but we still frosted them and put sparkles on them.
I realized today, after more than a year of having my new oven that when it's baking it's not hot on the outside...What a mind-blowing fact...generations and generations of "don't come close to the oven; it's hot"...now kids can put their hands on the glass and look at the goodies baking (sort of toy-store image)...Genious...And it took me 1 year...I probably have used that oven 15 times in the last year in my defense...if that's even a worthy defense.
I feel like a pretty good mom today...like I'm better, that's what I feel. I feel like I enjoyed the time w them even more, less tv involved, lots of reading books, baking (that's what good stereotypical American moms do), went to the park, taught them to clean their own messes...I was not perfect and they did drive me crazy more than once...but I feel like a better mom today.
Today, Potty Training Boot Camp started for Olivia. She will be 2 years old :'( in 2 and a half months...It's time...This is  when Kyrsten started...and not to compare but...Kyrsten got the idea from a friend she saw and she pretty much potty trained herself in a few months, no rewards involved...Olivia has her sister to show her...and now candy is involved (food is the way to her heart and reason anyways)...Kyrsten doesn't understand she will not get a candy everytime she goes potty...Any suggestions of how to explain her??? (I've tried) I got rid of a dog for going in the carpet and just when I thought I could walk barefoot in my carpet....NOOOO...4 puddles, one poop and 2 potty instances today...
We'll be butt naked all day tomorrow as well (not me, just Olivia...Kyrsten will get a choice...but not to church)...
OK, I've been pretty lenghty lately...I'm glad to be helping people fall asleep...
Buenas Noches!!!