A day in the life...

Wednesday, March 18th

7:00 am Hear the kids get up; be thankful hubby gets up with them; doze off and on
wish I hadn't stayed up so late and woken up 100 times during the night

7:45 am Husband comes up to take a shower and make sure I get my butt out of bed

8:00 am Downstairs and making coffee

8:15 am Kiss hubby goodbye; decide if I want to stay awake I have to get out
of the house today

8:20 am Turn on cartoons for the kids and open the playroom. Head upstairs to clean
up and get dressed; encourage my 3 year old to get dressed and get her teeth
brushed

8:45 am Fight with my 3 year old to get dressed; wrangle my 1 year old and get him
dressed; pack the diaper bag; grab a handful of cashews and call it my
breakfast

9:00 am Truce with my 3 year old. shoes, shoes, everyone shoes! Get everyone loaded
into the car

9:15 am Drop off expired library books, drop off hubby's wallet at work; to Target
to look at bathroom accessories; Load the kids into the double stroller and
walk the mall; eat early lunch at Chic-Fil-A; browse Old Navy; back to the
car

11:30 am To the park; chase Jack around everything BUT the playground equipment;
listen to my sweet girl's laughter as she runs and plays with the other
kids

12:00 pm Heartbreak to 3 year old that we have to leave the park, but Mama knows it
is only a matter of minutes before younger brother loses his sh*$ because
he is exhausted

12:15 pm Arrive home. Shoes off, 3 year old to potty; change baby's diaper; read 2 books to baby and put him down for nap. Head downstairs to find 3 y.o.
who is playing "hide from mommy game". Find her (in her bed under the
covers)fully clothed including shoes, glasses. Take off her shoes and
glasses and jeans b/c it is too hot (or is it just me?). Read her 2 books

12:25 pm Use the bathroom. Alone.

12:26 pm Check email. Get sucked into Facebook for at least 15 minutes

12:45 pm Make phone calls for work. Schedule appointments for tomorrow and Saturday

1:10 pm Call friend and gab for a few as I unload/reload the dishwasher, sweep the
kitchen floor; pick up toys, pick up more toys, get cupcake ingredients out
and craft items together for 3 year old to make birthday card

1:35 pm Try to read book for fun

1:36 pm Hear baby cry. Wait.

1:37 pm Baby crying. Change his stinky diaper. Rock baby. Put back down. Baby
cries. Rock baby some more. Enjoy rocking the baby as I never get to
anymore. Lay him back down after several more minutes of smelling his
sweet head and reminiscing about how much he has grown

2:00 pm Answer phone

2:10 pm More work phone calls (notice baby is not sleeping and is babbling)

2:15 pm Baby is crying again. Get him up. Get him a snack.

2:20 pm 3 year old is up. Give her snack. Preheat oven for cupcakes.

2:30 pm Make cupcakes with 3 year old and try to keep baby entertained.

3:00 pm Kids playing. Get baby to write on birthday card. Have 3 year old
decorate and write her name on birthday card.

4:00 pm Clean up mess. Clean up more mess. Talk self into making spaghetti for
dinner but only b/c it is bath night for the kids. Put frosting on
cupcakes and have 3 year old add the sprinkles.

4:15 pm Talk on the phone to friend while getting stuff out for dinner. Sweep
kitchen floor AGAIN and the area where the kids' eat (Secretly eat
cupcake while hiding from kids)

5:00 pm Start dinner as hubby is working late; Intervene with kids' fighting in
playroom

5:15 pm Get kids ready for dinner. Clean up more mess. And then more again.

5:25 pm Sit down with kids for dinner.

5:45 pm Head upstairs to get work out clothing on. Then back down to get the
kids to KEEP EATING AND STOP PLAYING!

6:15 pm Hubby home. Make his plate and give him quick rundown of rule that no kids
get cupcakes if they don't eat a decent amount for dinner.

6:20 pm Work out

7:10 pm Back home. Hubby has bathed kids! (He's GREAT eh???) Finish cleaning up
dinner. Get kids and hubby cupcakes for snack. Resist the temptation to
have another one. Everyone cleans up toys!!! Get kids' teeth brushed;
Deal with cranky baby who did not take long enough nap.

7:30 pm Tired of cranky baby. Take him up to bed. Read two books. Search for
missing paci. Hubby finds one and saves the day. 3 year old watching a
cartoon before bed. Baby to bed.

8:15 pm 3 year old to bed. Daddy reads her two books. Check email and FB. Surf
web for news since I never get to watch it anymore. Finish blog


The following is My Plan for the rest of the night...Lord only knows what will really happen!

8:30 pm Type report for an hour because I HAVE to. Prepare stuff for work tomorrow

9:00 pm Get kids' clothes ready for morning as hubby has early meeting and it is
just me to get them up dressed and to sitter's by 8am.

9:15 pm READ MY BOOK

10:30 pm Get ready for bed

11:00 pm Wish I could keep reading my book....zzzzzzzzz