I am posting a little late due to a huge day yesterday.
It all began with our normal chaos of getting out the door in the morning. This morning there was a little surprise. Ok, a few surprises. For one, I woke up early. Early to me is before the kids wake up. For one of the few days of my life I was up, showered, dressed and with coffee in my hand before the first stir of kids. The girls slept in to 6:30 so it was triumph for me. Travis and I also had some time to talk or actually see each other before he left for work. So far a good morning. The little patters of feet above our head began. That usually means running down the stairs would be next. So we waited. And waited, and waited. Finally Travis went to see what the hold up was. As he walked to the stairs he could hear the girls excitedly talking about going to school that day. He said good morning, no one answered. Finally the trampling down the stairs began. Two bright eyed little girls were at my feet saying "good morning, we made our beds alread! Where's Dad?". I was in shock! Beds made before leaving their room to even go potty. What have we started!
At some point I hope to get it all figured out. I am sure as more kids can dress themselves it should get a tad easier. It was a 2 stop day. Marisa being stop one. Oh, they count and keep track of who is first, second and last (at some point they will realize that they need to make room for 1 more). All were sad to see Marisa leave, then it occurred to Rebecca that she was next. Excitement in the car again. Drop off 2. Brayden is usually pretty sad about Rebecca going to school now. Rebecca likes to just about push me out of the class room. She is enjoying this play time and learning time with new friends.
I begin to drive. Brayden lately is more aware of his surroundings as he asks me, "where going?" since I turned the opposite way of home. "A surprise!" I respond back to him. "Oh" is all I hear back until a truck drives by. As I pull into Bakers I hear "HOPPING!" from a very excited little boy. We were at the grocery store. He gets excited over this because he doesn't have to share the "car" that is attached to the front of the cart with Becca. He actually behaved the whole time in the store. Well, we weren't there for long, just for some lunch meat. Bridget was tired so she didn't do so well. I wish she didn't give up morning naps! After shopping it was home for an hour, then back in the car to pick-up Rebecca. Bridget HATES cars. So she is no fun. Every time I mention getting kids in the car or driving imagine an 11th month old who is screaming the entire time. I have a headache by the time Travis gets home everyday! Rebecca is always so full of energy when I pick her up from school, today was no different.
We never have a quiet meal at our house. Then nap time. Ahhhhh........nope no relaxing for mom. Fought with 2 to nap. While I was still fighting with Brayden to nap the phone rings. I have to admit from 1 to 3 if my house phone rings I cringe with anger. I am afraid someone will wake up. I was happy to hear from my Nanny. I haven't talked to her in awhile. I was also relieved that finally the kids were asleep by the time I was done talking. Oh, wait now I need to rush and get Marisa. No rest for the weary. I hate driving to get Marisa and the snow is worse. At least when there was no snow it was entertaining to "people watch". Now it is just crazy drivers stuck in snow. I have to leave super early so I can park close to the Kindergarten side so I don't have to drag the other 3 kids out to get Marisa. It is such a mess! I wish people would learn to park on one side of the road only.
After some talking time with Marisa, play time with all 4 it was supper time. Long ago Marisa decided she didn't like French Toast. This happens to be my favorite breakfast item (especially with porkroll or bacon) but I never get to have it. Rebecca was next to ban this item from our menu. Brayden was the final hit last year. With some coaxing Travis talked me into trying it again. It was GREAT! All kids enjoyed their French Toast and even declared we can have it again. Bridget was most enthusiastic over French Toast (that is my little girl!). Then it was off to shopping. We needed a few things like milk, eggs, bread, and a computer game.
Poker Night got canceled. So, it was declared "game night". We called up Wello and tried Age of Empires 2. Well, that did not go so well so round 2 tonight has been declared with a different game. At 11 when we couldn't get a connection to play with my dad, it was asked if I would play. At about 1am we were finally heading to bed. That is why this blog was late. Since Travis had the computer monopolized I couldn't blog, and I was not bogging at 1am. Well, that's it for now.
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