7:10am- Kyle wakes me up, "Mom, I kept the bed dry last night, see!" "Kyle, you're wearing a pull-up." Kelly wakes up. Close eyes and ignore Kelly poking my face and petting my hair.
7:40- Hear Kyle and Kelly playing in the bathroom. "Mom, Kyle and Kelly are putting toothpaste on themselves!" (Emily) Switch off alarm clock due to go off in 10 minutes and get out of bed. Clean toothpaste off Kyle and Kelly. Go to my bathroom and get dressed and ready for the day. Then clean toothpaste off the kids' bathroom door.
8:00- Make mini-chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast (bought yesterday at Market Day). Set the table and spill milk on the floor while pouring it for the kids. Accidentally clean it up with my sock (Ew!). Butter and syrup 30 pancakes the size of half dollars. Dribble syrup on the floor. Kyle spills his milk. Clean up both. Make tea for myself and check the weather report on the computer. 45 degrees? Wasn't it 80 just yesterday? Set out clothes for the kids (no shorts today!). Butter and syrup 20 more pancakes as seconds. Eat the remaining 2 as to not cause fights. Gross! Kelly spills her milk. *roll eyes*8:20- Kids go upstairs to get dressed and do bathroom stuff. I help Kyle and Kelly dress. I check backpacks to make sure homework and snacks are still inside. Pull jackets out of the closet and help Kyle and Kelly into their shoes. "Let's go!" Send Emily back inside for her backpack.
8:35- Drop Zach and Emily off at school. Return home. Open windows. Notice the garage/kitchen door is open. "Kyle! Bring me the Fruit Loop box!" Turn on the TV for the kids and go clean up in the kitchen. Unload the dishwasher, reload the dishwasher with breakfast dishes. Upstairs to sort laundry. Start a load of jeans.9:00- Sit down at the computer to finish my now cold tea. Write a little, check email, read a few blogs. Figure out today's To Do list.
9:30- Change Kelly's stinky diaper (potty training is so not happening at the moment). Set the kids up with crayons and paper to color at the dining room table. Feed squeaky guinea pig. Move jeans into dryer, start darks. Thursdays are my make-shift FlyLady Home Blessing days. Start by cleaning bathrooms (master bath, kids' bath, half bath). Consider making the kids brush their teeth with baking soda from now on.
9:55- Doorbell rings. FedEx Lady! The kids crowd around the door as I sign for a package from Greg's work. Finish cleaning the bathrooms and take out the trash. Shoe the kids out of the garage.10:20- Take a break. Heat up leftover spaetzle for breakfast for me (with a Mountain Dew, shush!). Help Ally sound out a few words in a book.
10:30- Water plants. Tell kids to put their toys back in the toy room so I can vacuum family room. Fold jeans, put darks in the dryer, start whites/lights. Notice garage/kitchen door open again ($@^&! kids know how to unlock doors...) "KYLE!" Take Fruit Loops away from Kyle. Clean glass, mirrors, TV screens, computer monitors, etc with Windex. Vacuum the family room. Notice Kelly running around without her diaper. And she's chewing gum. GUM?!?! Pin her down, dig the gum out of her mouth, and put diaper and pants back on her. "Where did you get the gum?" (We have no gum in the house.) "Birdies at the window!" "Kelly, show mommy where you got the gum." "Birdies!" Whatever...
11:10- Go back to vacuuming. Let the kids set the dining room chairs into a "train" so I can sweep the dining room. Vacuum front room, stairs, and upstairs. Upset the kids when I move all the chairs back into the dining room. Decide to be a slacker and not dust/polish wood furniture. Put away the coloring supplies and have the kids go downstairs. Take a break (aka Club Pogo time!).12:10pm- Pull a naked Kelly out from under the dining room table and redress her. Dish out lunch: fruit and lunch meat sandwiches. Kyle wants PB&J, promise that for lunch tomorrow. Outside to get the mail, it's raining. All junk mail too. Go out back to feed the dog. Stupid rain. Back inside, Kyle spills his water. *sigh*
12:35- Take Ally to school. Stop by the gas station for a Mountain Dew (I said shush!). Win a free iTunes song! Back home, clean up lunch dishes. Take darks out of the dryer, put white/lights in, and start the towels in the wash. Help Kyle find his Thomas the Tank Engine tracks and trains. Make the tracks into a circle. Snuggle with Kelly while playing on the computer.
1:30- Tell Kyle to leave mini-blinds alone. Crash! *grumbles* The fall snapped the top bracket. Fix with clear duct tape just so I don't have a big open window until I can get to Home Depot. Greg calls, he's traveling from Philadephia to New Jersey. Talk to him for awhile. Hang up and shoe Kyle out of the Fruit Loops.2:00- Take lights/whites out of the dryer, put towels in. Fold clothes while Kyle and Kelly watch Little Bear on Noggin.
2:30- "Is it time to pick the kids up yet?" (Kyle) "No and get out of the fridge!" On the internet, look up Google Ads, PayPal button, Amazon.com referral plan, etc. hehe Also look up web hosting options so I can get away from Blogger!
3:00- Check stack of library books. According to the printout, we have 17(!) checked out. Due April 13th. *rolls eyes* 10 are in the "library book place" (end of buffet in dining room). Look in the boys' room. Find 3. Look in the family room. Find 1. Look in the toy room. Find the last 3. Change Kelly's diaper, put shoes on her and Kyle, out to the van.
3:30- Arrive at school. Zach's out first as usual. Reach school front door and Emily's in tears. Hop out of the van to find out why. Ally broke Emily's new bead necklace. Now Ally's in tears too. Calm down both girls and chit chat with their teachers for a minute.
3:40- Arrive at library. Herd kids into the children's section. Follow Kyle and Kelly around replacing books they pull off the shelves while telling Emily and Ally to hurry up. (They always take forever.) Help Zach look up a book on the computer. Tell Kyle only 2 books, he wants 3 because he's 3 years old. Tell Emily and Ally to hurry up again. Finally everyone has 2 books and we check out. $5.95 in late fees... Exit the library without incident, whew.
4:00- Home! Kids throw backpacks, books, jackets, shoes everywhere as they go to the kitchen for snack. Order them back to pick up backpacks, books, jackets, shoes and put them away properly. Snack: applesauce. Go through backpacks while the kids eat. No homework, no papers to sign so I (sentimental people look away for a second) throw the papers in the trash. Exception: Zach asks to keep his marshmallow/toothpick cube he made studying geometry.4:15- Try to help Zach with the PlayStation 2. I think it's dead. He insists it's not and resets for 5 minutes before giving up. Try to get the DVR to play an episode of Little Bear for Kyle. It resets itself and still won't pull up the recorded list. Mentally curse all electronics. Talk to Greg for a few minutes. Try cable box again, it works. Watch Little Bear with Kyle and Kelly. Then referee squabbles between Kyle and Emily while watching an episode of Good Eats. Which reminds me...
5:45- Start dinner. Spaghetti & meatballs and salad. I'm not in the mood for that so I make a couple of quick quesadillas with leftover grilled chicken and shredded cheese for myself. Set the table and begin dishing out the food when Kelly dumps 3 cups full of water over the kitchen table. Clean up the mess while wondering if it would be bad to put all 5 children back on sippy cups.
6:10- Dinner time! I escape to the computer desk while the kids uh, eat (kinda sounds like a cage full of monkeys in there). Dang rainy weather, the kids didn't get the chance to run off excess energy outside today. Serve seconds. Share my quesadillas with Kelly. Serve thirds.
7:00- Order kids to clean up toy room (it's a disaster!) while I clean up the kitchen. Pile chair covers, tablecloths, and wet towels to be washed. Check on the kids' progress. Nada. Yell.A.Lot. Go to computer and try to read through blogroll while 1. putting Kelly's diaper back on her, 2. finding Stitch for Kyle, 3. yelling at the kids to pick up the toy room, 4. putting Kelly's diaper back on her.
7:40- Check on toy room again. Not much better. Yell some more and sneeze. A.Lot. Stupid allergies. I'd rip my nose off but then I'd have nothing to hold my glasses up. Feel very tired and cranky and just want the toy room cleaned up. Yell some more and sneeze.
8:10- Toy room finally clean so it's bedtime. Put toothpaste on the brushes, oversee Kyle and Kelly's brushing. PJ's, potty, etc... Tuck the boys into bed. Tuck the girls into bed. Sit in the girls' room until Kelly falls asleep (she's still getting used to being in a toddler bed and will get out of bed continually otherwise).8:40- Kelly's asleep. Check on the boys, Kyle's asleep, Zach's messing around in his bed. Change into PJ's. Make a cup of tea. Yell at the twins to be quiet and go to sleep. Try to relax.
Tonight I'll probably do nothing. I still need to fold the towels and then replace the chair covers and tablecloths when they are dry. Greg's not home so I get bored easily and usually go to bed early (10:30-ish). Sometimes I'll scrapbook at this time or play computer games. But sleep is sounding awfully good at the moment.
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