Being 6 in Hard

Goals...

Are you the type of person who likes to set goals?  Are you motivated by goals or do you get discouraged easily when you fall short?  Everyone's perception of setting goals is different.  My husband and I were having a conversation about a month ago about what our goals were for that particular week?  In our discussion, I realized that most of my goals were really my daily "to do" list of things I wanted to get accomplished.  "My goal for today is to organize the kid's closets and update our picture book."  Or "My goal for today is to get the laundry done, dinner on the table, and the basement cleaned."  since then, I have really tried to focus on what my goals in life are.  Essentially, my first goal is to be a good mom, wife and friend.  My second goal is to be more positive and focus on the "happiness" in life.

So, how does this have anything to do with being 6?  Well, part of my "being a good mom" goal, is to actually have an ENTIRE day neither of my kids crying.  That should be easy, right?  It is NOT!!  I am trying to stay positive here, but seriously it has never happened?

Let's take this morning for instance, in a one hour period, these were the events that made my daughter cry.  And mind you these were not fake cries, these were full on, my life is over, I can't go on tears.

1)  It was time to brush her teeth, and all of a sudden she no longer liked the toothpaste that we have in the drawer.  The same toothpaste she has happily used, twice a day for the last 6 months.  Life Ending.

2)  Once she finally calmed down and we were able to brush her teeth, I was checking to see if she had any new teeth coming in... she does not.  This turned into the life ending tragedy of being one o the few kids in kindergarten who has not lost a tooth.  She is NEEEVVVEEERRR going to loose a tooth.

3)  After breakfast, she was asked to put her shoes by the front door, at which point she asked which shoes I wanted her to wear.  I told her that it was up to her and she could pick whatever shoes she wanted.  This immediately sent her into tears, when I asked her why she was crying, her response, "Because I really don't want to wear any shoes today."  Huh???

4) And finally my personal favorite, as it was time to leave to catch the bus, I asked her to put her blanket back in her room.  Again, for the fourth time we had tears.  Why, you ask??  Because she didn't want her blanket to have to spend the day alone in her room.  The blanket gets lonely, it can't be left alone?  I mean, she has seen Toy Story, obviously the blanket has its own set of friends.

Throughout this, I really tried to still work towards by main goal of simply being a good mom.  I tried to remain patient and supportive, but seriously, how do you not laugh?  I mean really?

So with this, am I just setting myself up for failure?  How can I work towards a goal when things like lonely blankets and shoes make it seem so far away?  If life is this hard at six, I can't wait to see what life is like at sixteen.