Started as the day usually does, from my bed I hear Sam yelling "Isaac! Isaac!!!!" in an attempt to see if he is awake (or to wake him up I am not sure). We eventually headed downstairs, got the baby up, had breakfast, packed lunches, got all 6 of us dressed and Nate on the road with Isaac while Sam, Daniel and I waited with Olivia for her bus.
On Tuesdays Angela from "Baby and Me" comes to visit with a book for Daniel. Sam played outside in the snow and rain almost until she arrived. Daniel was short-lived- he was ready for a nap at 9 as he announced with his new loud screams (not a fan!). So Dan slept, Angela read to Sam and said goodbye, and on went Daniel Tiger. I put in a load of laundry and got ready to head out for the rest of our morning.
At 10 I woke up Dan and we headed to Crocker Farm Preschool for Sam's speech time, then to the polls to vote for our town election, then to Stop and Shop in preparation for Nate's birthday (where we saw our friends Sally and Bethany) and back to Crocker to pick up Isaac.
Except for the voting, thats all pretty typical of our Tuesdays. Here is where it gets interesting... for the first time in a long time, neither Sam or Dan were asleep in the car. So we all got out to pick up Isaac and actually stayed to play on the playground!
When we got home, I declared rest time! And Sam and Dan slept. Isaac played for a while and then joined me. I kept the laundry going, worked out, cleaned the upstairs bathroom with Isaac's help, folded a load of laundry and PUT IT AWAY, cooked dinner and got ready to go out again.
At 3:45 Olivia got off the bus and we all headed downtown to drop her off at her chorus practice. The boys and I walked in the rain to the library. We had a great time there... including a visit to the potty that was almost catastrophic as I later explained to Olivia. The boys (who peed together with their "swords" crossing) were just finishing when I needed to go and not wanting my phone to drop into the toilet from my back pocket or into the sink if I left it on the ledge there, I carefully put it up on top of the toilet paper dispenser... only to have Isaac accidentally knock it off into the peed in potty! without flinching, I grabbed it!!! (and didn't yell too much) and dried it off and it still works!!!! THANK YOU OTTERBOX!
We gathered our books, DVDs and hastily walked back to pick up Olivia- getting throughly wet in the rain, but otherwise without complications.
We had a nice dinner at home with Isaac offering to pray and sharing our favorite parts of the day. Taco Tuesday is almost always a hit around here.
Then I went to change Daniel's diaper and put his pajamas on. Lets just say a blow out diaper does NOT give it justice. Into the bath he went and then to bed. (Can I say how thankful I am that he is a REALLY good sleeper!)
Cleaned off the table, dishes, changed the laundry, kids in PJS, read to, sung to, prayed with and tucked in and now the night is mine...
In a moment I'll get a glass of wine and catch up on my recent favorite TV show.... but for now, I wanted to write this. But I guess now that I am done, it doesn't seem so extradorinaiy. Ive just started a book called "what mothers do when it really seems like nothing" which would be fast to point out that all these "things" I did included unexplainable forethought and planning (and a bit of luck - like no meltdowns between the church and library since I packed light and left my wallet and bag of tricks (i.e. diaper bag) in the car). And yet, I felt like super mom today. I did all of that. On my own. Without yelling too much at my kids. I even enjoyed some of it. I guess I am just trying to feel thankful for the season I am in and this is one way to do that and document it.
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| Daniel on his One Year Birthday |
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| Olivia and Daniel at Liz's Surprise 30th Birthday Bash |
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| At the end of our walk in the rain to the library and back- JOY! |
