TGIF! Since my "job" really doesn't have any weekends, vacation, sick days, or time away at all I still don't know why I get excited over Fridays. I usually look forward to a drink late at night with Travis to celebrate his end of the week, but I know he won't be here tonight. I am glad it is my last day of running to and from school for the week. Though we do a lot of running around the city on the weekends. Seems like there is always something we need in the house that needs a "special" trip out. I just wish it didn't take so long to drag the kids around to get it all done. This weekend we are supposed to head to Hartington to see family. I just hope the weather holds so we can get there.
An average morning. Dad gets all the smiles and I get all the attitude. Well, until about 9am there is a lot of resistance. I get my hugs and kisses from Marisa when she realizes she will be gone all day. Rebecca starts her cuddling when we get back from dropping off Marisa. Brayden begins to "latch" to me once he is done with breakfast and realizes he need to get into the van soon. He is starting to hate all the driving I do. Since I am still "food" to Bridget she never stops her hugs.
Today no one wanted to listen. Everyone wanted to get into trouble. It felt like I left one room to another just disciplining. I was at my breaking point at nap time. I got about 20min of no yelling and quiet in before it all started again. It is amazing how just that 20 min can re-energize me for the rest of the night. Then another 2 hours of fighting can take it all away.
When Marisa got home from school there was request by all to have a snack. So we tried to make a fruit smoothie with yogurt and fruit. I let Marisa and Rebecca pick the ingredients. I started in the blender yogurt. Then I brought out the frozen blueberries and strawberries. They wanted bananas and peaches in there too. Rebecca grabbed the icecream, I gave in. Marisa realized that icecream is not always healthy and we wanted a healthy snack so she got some raw carrots out. Since I let them pick everything else I let the carrots go in. Surprisingly to me, it tasted good. The kids and dad liked it better than me. Marisa decided that next time they will just try the blueberries and strawberries with the yogurt.
Bed time was interesting to night. The kids prefer to have Dad put them to bed so they fought a little with me. Bridget had no problems. I nursed her, she was gigglie tired when I put her in her crib. I closed her door and there was not another sound. She was just asleep. She amazes me! I bribed the girls with video games on Saturday if I didn't have to go back into their room. Surprisingly it worked! Not another sound was heard, from the girls. Brayden on the other hand was my problem. It took me hours to get him asleep. I am sure the phone ringing and text messages didn't help, but at 10:00 he finally settled down. Then Bridget stirred for a little, then Brayden, then Bridget...... well I think you get the pattern. That happened until about 2:30am. I am so tired!
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