He was supposed to be home at 5:15 so we could do our secret shop at Buffalo Wild Wings.
All day Asher was wanting this or that, he and Lucy got into it with the fighting when she got home, and Phoebe - oh, Phoebe...bless her little heart, she just wants to be IN on the action. At this point in time, her little muscles don't work and it PISSES HER OFF. She wants to just be held all of the time so she can see what's going on. She's always craning her neck to see around, under, and over things. She doesn't want to miss a thing!
I tried to nap two times and they were both unsuccessful. I came downstairs and the kids were ON YOUTUBE, WATCHING VIDEOS OF SOME SCHMOE PLAYING GRAND THEFT AUTO.
I was horrified. We need Net Nanny! Stat! The last thing I need is for my children to see a cop's head blown off on a video of some demented video game.
Like I said: SOOOOOOOOOOOO done by the time Scott got home. Here was the list of things I didn't get accomplished today:
- make personalized calendars for Scott's side of the family
- balance the checkbook
- do the four loads of laundry sitting in the basement
- help Asher clean his room
- research online ways to get Phoebe to sleep IN HER OWN BED so a) i don't suffocate her by rolling over on her and b) so I can actually feel rested in the morning. (Ideas welcome here...)
- sell things that need to be sold on Craigslist
- wrap Christmas presents so prying little baby eyes don't see what they're getting
- send out more Christmas cards
- organize the filing cabinet
- start my diet
What I DID do all day was clean up spills, settle disputes, change my clothes three times because that # correlates with the number of times a certain someone spit my own breast milk back at me,
ah......
you get the picture.
"I NEED TWO HOURS TO MYSELF TOMORROW MORNING. COMPLETELY TO MYSELF," I told him, and he has learned, in our 9 years together, just to stay quiet.
I neeeeeeeeeeed to see my dear friend Lucy and her beautiful little baby boy John and I plan on hitting up Target beforehand to bring him a little gift. I will splurge on Starbucks while I am there.
A two-hour outing is my oasis in the desert, my frick to your frack.
I AM SO EXCITED!
Asher hung close to Daddy while we were out at the restaurant.
"Honey, was I mean to you today?" I asked.
"Yes!" he answered.
Four year olds, like elephants, never forget.
6 comments:
Sounds like my day....and those personalized calendars- a lot more work than I thought!! They are great gifts though! Enjoy your 2 hours! I'm putting in an order for my 2 hours soon...
Oh honey, you are such a good momma! I hope you are getting to see your friend's baby as we speak! Have a great morning!
Rach, glad you got a bit of time to yourself this morning. A little bit of time away from the kids is so refreshing to me. I need to make one of those calendars too...we'll see if/when I actually get to it! Yesterday was one of those days for me too; the to-do list didn't get done.
Your posts are always so refreshing! I've so had those kind of days! And my smart husband has also learned how to interpret my grunts and growls as a sign that I need a break - for the health and safety of all involved! As far as baby sleeping...my only advice is the book Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. I love it because it is chock full of sleep facts without a bias to a certain parenting style like many other books. But since you already have older kiddos, I'm sure you know about that book already! I called it my sleep Bible when my wee one was little. :) Hope your little Phoebe learns to love her own bed soon!
=) What I hear is a hectic day...but at the end of it I know you were smiling at their sleeping little bodies and thankful you have all of that...chaos & all. You're an awesome Mommy & I'm SO glad to hear you're taking a couple of hours to yourself!!!! Mommy time alone makes us such better Mommies, doesn't it?!
Post a Comment