Calgon Take Me Away!!!

I'm hiding from my kids...

They are all upstairs yelling and screaming at each other, and probably hitting too.

I should probably go intervene, but I am done!!!

They're learning problem solving skills right??
Let me tell you a little about my day.

We got home from our trip to Utah last night. Late enough that we just unloaded everything into the living room, got the kids ready for bed, and figured we'd deal with the mess in the morning, after a good, long night's sleep to get over the lack of sleep and overload of sugar from our Easter vacation.

Sydney was up at 5:00!! Luckily she fell back asleep till 6:20 when Hayden woke up and was bored and wanted someone to play with so he decided hitting her with a play sword would be a great way to wake her up.

He was kicked out of the room and he went downstairs to write a note to his teacher that said, "Yesterday I had a blast, but today I am sad." Sealed it in an envelope and everything.

Ah, 10 minutes to cuddle with my baby while she watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. But she wasn't in the mood to cuddle. She was in the mood to talk, and talk, and talk. When she tells you something she'll say it over and over and over again until you give her an answer, and it has to be more than a sleepy, "yes, uh huh."

Before long Rebecca was awake and ready to party by jumping in bed where I was still trying to get some sleep and decided to fight Sydney for her spot. So this resulted in two little girls jumping over my body, fighting for each others' spot, as I was still telling myself I could get a few more minutes of sleep.

Next, Hayden decided he needed a shower before school, and even though he always knows where to place the handle for the correct temperature, for some reason today he needed me to help him.

At this point I knew it was pointless, I better greet the morning as it was running me over.

Got up, came downstairs to the GIANT mess that awaited us. It looked like our vacation threw up all over our living room. But, no time to deal with that now, gotta get Hayden off to school after breakfast.

Got breakfast ready and the kids ready to walk out the door while hearing Sydney repeat the phrase, "I know that" after every direction I gave.
"Sydney, you need to eat your breakfast"
"I know that" - as she's walking away from her breakfast up the stairs.
"Syd, that is Rebecca's leapster, you need to give it to her."
"I know that" - as she walks away from me, playing the Leapster.
over and over again.
A very cute phrase that your child says can easily be ruined when you're tired, and it is said 100 times in a day.

Finally, got Hayden off to school, and back home to get Rebecca ready for preschool. She decided she wanted to take a flower pot that was given to me and fill it with dirt and flowers and give it to her teacher. I guess, it's not mine anymore. 3 minutes before we had to walk out the door Sydney decided the dirt would look better all over the one spot of our living room carpet that you could see, so she dumped it out. As quickly as we could we scooped it back in the pot and left, just to have it spill all over the seat of my van again as I turned a corner. Add vacuum the van to the to do list today.

After dropping her off I went shopping and the sweet cashier at Walmart asked me if my baby was due soon! Niiice, yeah, I'm 20 weeks today. Glad that I look like I could be due any day.

Planned to clean while Rebecca was at school, but had to sit RIGHT NEXT to my whiny, angry daughter to watch the Wiggles instead. (But truly, I didn't really WANT to clean anyway)

Throughout the day, Sydney who has been potty trained for a good month now decided to run to the toilet, stand right next to it, and pee all over the floor. Not once, not twice today, but three times before I gave up and she is wearing a diaper for the rest of the day.

Finally got the house cleaned up... well, most of the mess from downstairs was moved to an organized mess upstairs, but out of sight from any visitors.

I put Sydney down a little early for her nap knowing how tired she was, and she should have a long nap for both of our sanity. Lucky me, she woke up less than 2 hours later just in time for my tutoring student to show up. The kids are "supposed" to be having quiet time upstairs during my tutoring hour, but Sydney is still a little young, so she is the only one allowed downstairs. Exactly why I schedule tutoring during nap times.

Anyway, halfway through tutoring Sydney came downstairs with my make up all over her face, she even had foundation rubbed on her face and into her hair, blush, eye shadow, the whole shabang. Lovely! But, of course I have to keep my cool because I have a student right there. Luckily Rebecca (the make up artist) took her punishment well.

Just been a lovely day right?? I love my kids, but yes, this is an early bedtime night..for all. Is 6:00 too early??! :)