This is for all you women there who either are a mom of little ones or want to become a mom of little ones... especially little ones close in age :) Enjoy!!
My Day Today - 1/17/2011
5am - Asher climbs in bed with us.
5:15am - Asher wiggles, whines and settles.
5:30am - again with the wiggling and whimpering
6am - Both Mark and Asher are snoring - one slightly louder than the other... yes, I am awake still.
7am - Finally give up on sleep, look at my email, a chapter in Proverbs and FB on my phone and hustle into some clothes. Mark takes Asher into the kitchen to get some breakfast.
7:15am - Grab the laundry basket and start a load of laundry - I have to get my track clothes all dried before I leave at 2pm.
7:30am - check my recipe for tonights crock pot dinner and find that I need a few more canned items. Take the beef that was thawing in the fridge and put it in some water to thaw for the crock pot meal. Got out the crock pot and greased it.
8am - hmm, eating breakfast, monitoring Asher, getting the laundry switched out, start another load.
8:30am - Cole is STILL sleeping, but since I need to get going, I go and wake him up. He's soaking wet... peed through his night-time diaper and his fleece pj's. Change Cole, and pick out clothes for both boys for the day.
8:45am - finish getting them dressed, get Cole some breakfast, harass him about eating, let Asher play with his sticker book at the table.
9am - clean up Cole from b-fast, got Cole's shoes and jacket on, got my shoes and sweatshirt on, Asher decides he wants to go to the store with me instead of staying home with papa, put Asher's shoes and sweatshirt on.
9:10am - in the car, making a trip to wal-mart... both boys are happy!!
9:20am - at wal-mart, enjoying all the birds flying around on our walk in, grab a cart, let Asher walk...
- look for tank-tops - unsuccessful
- look for boys clothes on sale - unsuccessful (I did later find some $1 bins, but it was mostly pants and girl stuff and I didn't want to fight the crowd of women to dig, while carrying Cole and hoping Asher would obey).
- get the canned items I need plus some juice.
- put Asher in the cart after 2 chances and him not obeying... the last one being a defiant stance and refusing to come to me.
- get to the checkout line, no debit card in my wallet, shoot! Left it in my jeans pocket at home!! thankfully, the cashier saved my transaction and the bag of items for me... back home we go... after stopping and getting a smiley face sticker of course!
9:45am - driving home to get debit card and ID
10:05am - back at Wal-mart, wait in line, purchase items!
10:15am - while walking through the parking lot, a small vehicle didn't look before backing out, but thankfully, both boys stopped when I told them to and we simply stood there and watched while the car slowly (thankfully) backed ENTIRELY out of it's spot before seeing us standing there, less than 5 feet away. Nice.
10:17am - headed back home! Listened to a voicemail reminding me I had a prescription to pick up at Albertson's.
10:30am - unload the kiddos, hang up jackets, take off shoes, switch out laundry again... Cole needs new sheets cleaned and dry before naptime!
Warning! This next hour was a bit of a blur :)
- open all the cans of stuff for crock pot meal, pour in and turn on high, clean out cans
- brown meat
- get boys a fruit bar for a morning snack
- pour Cole a cup of milk
- drain meat, add to soup, clean strainer and a few other dishes waiting to be cleaned.
- keep the boys from fighting over the puzzle
- discipline Cole 2 times for climbing into chair and turning lights on and off
- discipline Asher for disobeying when I told him to get off the back of the couch and then throwing a fit about it
- discipline Cole for climbing into my computer chair and starting my music on iTunes (yes, he did it, but it was already open and ready to go, pretty much)
- take Asher to the bathroom, monitor Cole while he climbs on the stool and tries to get into cupboards while Ash is taking his time on the pot.
11:30am - boys are whiny and crying, Mark comes downstairs and I realize it's time for lunch!
- make Asher a "meat sandwich" upon request
- make Cole a PBJ
- pour drinks, give chips (Mark did this) and put boys in chairs with a bib for Cole... add fruits and a random assortment of other food items as needed.
- make a sandwich for myself
- look up recipes for granola bars, prep ingredients, mix together, put in oven (whew, wasn't as bad as I thought)
- clean Asher and take down from chair, threat of discipline for not drinking juice - then I told him good job for obeying mama and tasted the juice... yuck!! It was gross... it was a sample thing and had that weird after-taste... worse than kool-aid! Then I told Ash REALLY good job for taking a drink even though it was gross ;)
- clean bowl from granola bars
- made tea, drank most of the tea
- Cole is shouting "Ah duh" aka "all done" so I clean him up and get him down.
- clean trays, plates and cups
12pm - go into the boys' room to play and put clean sheets on Cole's bed... ha.
- Changed Asher's sheets and pillows.
- Discipline Cole 2 times for getting onto Asher's bed after I told him no twice and tried to block him from climbing up while I was putting the new sheet on.
- Decided to take off Cole's crib bumper since I was working up a sweat trying to put a new sheet on and tuck that stinking mattress under the bumper... after much huffing and puffing, Mark came back down and watched the boys for 5 minutes while I finished taking off the old the bedding, took the granola bars out of the over, untied all the ties on Cole's bumper and cut my slightly warm granola bars.
12:30pm - played with the boys, cleaned up toys and watched a bit of Monster's Inc on Asher's phone (yes, that's correct.)
12:50pm - changed Cole's soggy diaper
12:55 - Cole poops
1pm - change Cole's poopy diaper, clean up toys and such in the boys' room
1:15pm - put Cole down for nap & turn crock pot to low.
1:20pm - I go to the bathroom and get dressed for track practice.
1:30pm - take Asher potty again, with much resistance, then put him to bed.
1:40pm - get my shoes on, purse loaded, papers packed, food ready, water ready, take a fresh granola bar to Mark upstairs and steal a kiss before I leave, and then I head out the door.
1:50pm - stop my Albertson's and pick up prescription.
Since I missed much of the afternoon with the boys, I'll just briefly say that I drove an hour to Corban University, went to a coaches meeting, a team meeting, then practiced with my incredible jumpers, filled up the van with gas, drove an hour home and greeted my family just before 7pm! Ate dinner, cleaned some dishes, played, gave kisses, dressed for bed, brushed their teeth, snuggled with Mark on the couch for a few while Cole snickered at us and Asher said "Papa's holdin' mama!", more kisses and stern warnings about staying in bed. Showered, shaved and now, here! Great day overall. I love having productive days like these (aside from the whole wal-mart, no money fiasco)... they are definitely busy, but fun :) Just a little more reading tonight and I am out for the count!!
My Day Today - 1/17/2011
5am - Asher climbs in bed with us.
5:15am - Asher wiggles, whines and settles.
5:30am - again with the wiggling and whimpering
6am - Both Mark and Asher are snoring - one slightly louder than the other... yes, I am awake still.
7am - Finally give up on sleep, look at my email, a chapter in Proverbs and FB on my phone and hustle into some clothes. Mark takes Asher into the kitchen to get some breakfast.
7:15am - Grab the laundry basket and start a load of laundry - I have to get my track clothes all dried before I leave at 2pm.
7:30am - check my recipe for tonights crock pot dinner and find that I need a few more canned items. Take the beef that was thawing in the fridge and put it in some water to thaw for the crock pot meal. Got out the crock pot and greased it.
8am - hmm, eating breakfast, monitoring Asher, getting the laundry switched out, start another load.
8:30am - Cole is STILL sleeping, but since I need to get going, I go and wake him up. He's soaking wet... peed through his night-time diaper and his fleece pj's. Change Cole, and pick out clothes for both boys for the day.
8:45am - finish getting them dressed, get Cole some breakfast, harass him about eating, let Asher play with his sticker book at the table.
9am - clean up Cole from b-fast, got Cole's shoes and jacket on, got my shoes and sweatshirt on, Asher decides he wants to go to the store with me instead of staying home with papa, put Asher's shoes and sweatshirt on.
9:10am - in the car, making a trip to wal-mart... both boys are happy!!
9:20am - at wal-mart, enjoying all the birds flying around on our walk in, grab a cart, let Asher walk...
- look for tank-tops - unsuccessful
- look for boys clothes on sale - unsuccessful (I did later find some $1 bins, but it was mostly pants and girl stuff and I didn't want to fight the crowd of women to dig, while carrying Cole and hoping Asher would obey).
- get the canned items I need plus some juice.
- put Asher in the cart after 2 chances and him not obeying... the last one being a defiant stance and refusing to come to me.
- get to the checkout line, no debit card in my wallet, shoot! Left it in my jeans pocket at home!! thankfully, the cashier saved my transaction and the bag of items for me... back home we go... after stopping and getting a smiley face sticker of course!
9:45am - driving home to get debit card and ID
10:05am - back at Wal-mart, wait in line, purchase items!
10:15am - while walking through the parking lot, a small vehicle didn't look before backing out, but thankfully, both boys stopped when I told them to and we simply stood there and watched while the car slowly (thankfully) backed ENTIRELY out of it's spot before seeing us standing there, less than 5 feet away. Nice.
10:17am - headed back home! Listened to a voicemail reminding me I had a prescription to pick up at Albertson's.
10:30am - unload the kiddos, hang up jackets, take off shoes, switch out laundry again... Cole needs new sheets cleaned and dry before naptime!
Warning! This next hour was a bit of a blur :)
- open all the cans of stuff for crock pot meal, pour in and turn on high, clean out cans
- brown meat
- get boys a fruit bar for a morning snack
- pour Cole a cup of milk
- drain meat, add to soup, clean strainer and a few other dishes waiting to be cleaned.
- keep the boys from fighting over the puzzle
- discipline Cole 2 times for climbing into chair and turning lights on and off
- discipline Asher for disobeying when I told him to get off the back of the couch and then throwing a fit about it
- discipline Cole for climbing into my computer chair and starting my music on iTunes (yes, he did it, but it was already open and ready to go, pretty much)
- take Asher to the bathroom, monitor Cole while he climbs on the stool and tries to get into cupboards while Ash is taking his time on the pot.
11:30am - boys are whiny and crying, Mark comes downstairs and I realize it's time for lunch!
- make Asher a "meat sandwich" upon request
- make Cole a PBJ
- pour drinks, give chips (Mark did this) and put boys in chairs with a bib for Cole... add fruits and a random assortment of other food items as needed.
- make a sandwich for myself
- look up recipes for granola bars, prep ingredients, mix together, put in oven (whew, wasn't as bad as I thought)
- clean Asher and take down from chair, threat of discipline for not drinking juice - then I told him good job for obeying mama and tasted the juice... yuck!! It was gross... it was a sample thing and had that weird after-taste... worse than kool-aid! Then I told Ash REALLY good job for taking a drink even though it was gross ;)
- clean bowl from granola bars
- made tea, drank most of the tea
- Cole is shouting "Ah duh" aka "all done" so I clean him up and get him down.
- clean trays, plates and cups
12pm - go into the boys' room to play and put clean sheets on Cole's bed... ha.
- Changed Asher's sheets and pillows.
- Discipline Cole 2 times for getting onto Asher's bed after I told him no twice and tried to block him from climbing up while I was putting the new sheet on.
- Decided to take off Cole's crib bumper since I was working up a sweat trying to put a new sheet on and tuck that stinking mattress under the bumper... after much huffing and puffing, Mark came back down and watched the boys for 5 minutes while I finished taking off the old the bedding, took the granola bars out of the over, untied all the ties on Cole's bumper and cut my slightly warm granola bars.
12:30pm - played with the boys, cleaned up toys and watched a bit of Monster's Inc on Asher's phone (yes, that's correct.)
12:50pm - changed Cole's soggy diaper
12:55 - Cole poops
1pm - change Cole's poopy diaper, clean up toys and such in the boys' room
1:15pm - put Cole down for nap & turn crock pot to low.
1:20pm - I go to the bathroom and get dressed for track practice.
1:30pm - take Asher potty again, with much resistance, then put him to bed.
1:40pm - get my shoes on, purse loaded, papers packed, food ready, water ready, take a fresh granola bar to Mark upstairs and steal a kiss before I leave, and then I head out the door.
1:50pm - stop my Albertson's and pick up prescription.
Since I missed much of the afternoon with the boys, I'll just briefly say that I drove an hour to Corban University, went to a coaches meeting, a team meeting, then practiced with my incredible jumpers, filled up the van with gas, drove an hour home and greeted my family just before 7pm! Ate dinner, cleaned some dishes, played, gave kisses, dressed for bed, brushed their teeth, snuggled with Mark on the couch for a few while Cole snickered at us and Asher said "Papa's holdin' mama!", more kisses and stern warnings about staying in bed. Showered, shaved and now, here! Great day overall. I love having productive days like these (aside from the whole wal-mart, no money fiasco)... they are definitely busy, but fun :) Just a little more reading tonight and I am out for the count!!
January 17, 2011 at 10:00 PM
Bet you sleep good tonight! So glad you had a good day!
January 18, 2011 at 8:32 AM
That made me tired just reading it!