Yesterday was one of those days. You know the ones....where anything and everything goes berserk and the kids take full advantage of your vulnerable state and start acting like it's the first day you've ever taken them out into civilization. Yep, some days are like that around here. A lot of days really. I am pretty immune to most of it, I think I've built up a high tolerance for the chaos, noise, etc.
Before I had kids, I would hear kids in a restaurant going crazy and wonder why the parents did nothing. Now I know, they didn't hear it! Ha!
Anyway, we woke up to pouring down rain yesterday. I had already promised the kids we'd go to story time and they were really looking forward to it. I gave a pep talk as we were heading out the door- go straight to the car, do not pass go, get right in or you'll be soaked, DO NOT jump in any puddles on the way to the car (Henry!), dodge any chicken poop. You get the idea. We make it to the car, then to the library. As we approach, I notice the only vehicles there are the librarian's car, and a construction truck. There is a construction dumpster out front. I sensed something was off, but keep up optimism thinking maybe Ms. Cindy borrowed her husband's construction truck to drive to story time. A likely story, right? Well, we go in and the librarian is the only one there, no Ms. Cindy. She informs me that Ms. Cindy got another job, and can't do story time. Oh my goodness, I was so upset, the kids were so upset. I was telling them to be quiet, because they were close to taking over the library with their excitement over the construction and the fact that Ms. Cindy was missing. They couldn't hear me telling them anything because of a jack hammer working in one of the rooms. Guess the construction truck belonged to the guy with the jack hammer. Go figure.
Determined to make the best of things, we head into the kids' room and lo and behold, the bulletin board decorations and our attendance chart and everything is gone! I again told the librarian what a real bummer this was! I almost, ALMOST volunteered to read the story time books, but I did not. I get in trouble for following my heart instead of my head in these situations. I would love to do story time, but with winter coming and all I just don't think it's a good idea. If I have a sick child I would have to miss, and I just don't know that I can handle any big commitments right now. I think my plate is very full!
We left the library with the kids still saying "Ms. Cindy's not here, Mom", "I miss Ms. Cindy, Mom."
I hope story time is reinstated soon! It was only going for about 2 months!
We headed to get our milk for the week and as we are leaving for home, Emilynn reminds me her tooth hurts. It's been hurting on and off for a few days. I had called the dentist and they told me to give her ibuprofen and see if that helped before bringing her in. I thought that was odd advice (it was from the receptionist though), because wouldn't the problem just be masked then?
Anyway, I decided to call and make an appt. for her to be seen. They said they could see her at 2:30. It was 12:30. No problem, I just had to run home, put the milk up, feed the kids, spit-shine Emmy, brush her hair, brush her teeth, and get Henry down for nap so I could leave by 1:30. I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off while the kids were CRAZY. Henry decided yesterday of all days to refuse to take his nap. He beat me back to the kitchen when I put him down. Of course, I didn't have time to rock him or anything, so I had to go with it. Dustin had tried sleeping from working all night, but was awoken by the noise. It was crazy.
We went to the dentist (Papa watched the boys) and Em just had a large, strange looking ulcer. It was not like an ulcer I have seen. It almost looked like bone poking through-the hygienist thought so too. Apparently they can get infected and are something to keep an eye on. We are supposed to brush it like crazy to keep it clean. Em is my best dental patient though, so that was a breeze.
The rest of the night was somewhat uneventful until.....bedtime. Henry would NOT go to sleep! It took me until 11:46 to get him to give up and sleep. Yep, I looked at the clock right when he went down. It was insane. I am NOT ready for this! The twins were 2 when they gave up naps also, but I'm just not ready. I know I'll adjust eventually, but it is hard when you are used to having that time to do school work with the other children and any chores that can't be done with Henry awake.
I'm sure we'll get through this, but for now, it is crazy and I am tired!
Today he did not nap, and I got him to sleep around 9:30. I thought that was good considering Dustin was working and I was alone. It is really hard to get all 3 kids to bed by yourself. I wasn't sure what to do tonight, but I gave the twins a long talk about staying in the living room and watching a show while I got Henry to bed. They did great and I think they complied because they have seen "Monster No-Sleep Henry" the past two days! They were ready for him to turn in also. Poor little guy!
I was determined to not let everything get the best of me today, and it didn't! We had a good day despite lack of sleep. I forgot to mention Henry popped up wide awake at 7 this morning. I got up and got a shower and all and we just started our day. By 10 a.m. I had done a load of clothes, made cookie dough for Christmas cookies, showered, had everyone dressed, fed eggs to the kids for breakfast, and we were happy. I will make it through this phase as well! I just may have black circles under my eyes for now!
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