- Took a shower. Halfway through said shower, two little girls appear in the doorway fighting over…something that I don’t even remember right now.
- Breakfast made and served to three little ones. (I’m not sure that I should really say I MADE anything since all I did was peel the banana and pour the Cheerios into a bowl…)
- Time Out for the big kid.
- Cleaned up a potty accident.
- Stopped baby from playing in the toilet (that his sister had not yet flushed)
- Wash and disinfect baby’s arms and hands. Redirect baby to play with more fun things than pee…you know, like some blocks or something.
- Cleaned up another potty accident.
- Check the dryer for Kenni’s school shirt. It’s not dry.
- Halfway clean up from breakfast.
- Check dryer again for the shirt. Still not dry. Baffled.
- Unload dishwasher. Futile attempt to unload dishwasher. Baby wants to empty out the utensil baskets…which contain knives.
- Check dryer again. Starting to panic. Clean lint trap. Set the thing to super-dry mode…or something.
- Time out for two year old.
- Mop up from last potty accident.
- Check dryer again. Then realize the hubster had put it on Ultra Care last night when Bolt (you know, from the movie Bolt?) had to be dried due to an incident involving a younger sibling and a water hose.
- Put baby down for nap.
- Unload dishwasher.
- Finally find a dry shirt in the dryer.
- Iron shirt.
- Put it on the kid. Who promptly wrinkles it. (Thanks…)
- Hair brushed, teeth brushed, shoes and socks located and put on.
- Lunch fixed and girls fed. (Our new lunchtime? 10:45)
- Get baby up from nap.
- Load everyone in the van to drop off the big kid at school.
- Drop off big kid. Sniffle a little as she walks down the sidewalk with the other kids, new backpack in tow (THANK YOU, A FRESH HOPE!)
- Arrive home to feed the baby lunch.
- Play outside with the littles.
- Find a dead raccoon in the backyard. (Caia found it. Told me it was a squirrel.)
- Poke raccoon with stick and scream. Cause it’s just gross.
- Come inside to clean up ANOTHER potty accident.
- Give up and put a diaper on her. (I’m out of underwear at this point anyway…)
- Watch a little TV.
- Load up to get Sissy at school.
- Check mail. Find Chick Fil A coupons. SCORE!
- Pick up the big kid.
- Explain to Caia that No, we do not get ice cream everyday when we pick up Kenni from school.
- Put baby down for nap.
- Girls play outside. After being warned to stay away from the dead raccoon.
- Someone turns on the water hose (WHAT IS THE OBSESSION?!), and everyone gets soaked.
- Come inside for clean-up.
- Argument over what type of pants Kenni wants to/has to wear now.
- Mommy exhausted, spent, and over it, flops down on the futon in the playroom.
- Argument over stickers. Mommy threatens to throw all stickers away and never, ever allow another sticker into this house ever again “if you don’t just share the stinkin’ stickers with your sister!”
- Daddy home. Jack awake. Load everyone into the van for Chick Fil A. (It’s Free Kids Meal night and we had a gift card!!! Thank you, Paula!!!:)
- Mommy given the go-ahead to meet some friends at Barnes and Noble…AND skip bath/bedtime duty!!!
- Mommy loses key to the car, forcing her to open it without the key which sets off the car alarm. Car alarm goes off twice.
- Find key. Drive to Barnes and Noble.
- Discover that purse is still at the house.
- Drive back to house. Get purse. Drive back to Barnes and Noble.
- Meet friends, drink a passion tea lemonade, and laugh and talk about life and kids and husbands and diapers and families and life and kids and husbands and diapers and families…
- Drive home….exhausted but happy.
- Pray for the strength to get up and do it all over again tomorrow.
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