But why yesterday was so hard. It just started out a mess. I got up, felt great with tons of energy and started picking up the living room. I was moving onto the kitchen when I glanced at the clock...8:45? Really? No.... Yes... it was. My clock in the bedroom had been a day ahead and jumped into daylight savings time a day early. I had to have Feebee in town by 9 and I was still in my pajamas, Abby was still asleep and Feebee hadn't even been let out to go to the bathroom. So I threw on some clothes, shoved Feebee in the van, grabbed Abs who was still in her pj's and put her in the car. (poor sleepy thing) I grabbed an outift for her to wear later, a bottle and took off for town. I was 5 minuets late but all things considered it wasn't too bad.
Then they told me it was going to take 3 hours. I debated staying or going but hated to waste the gas so I decided to stay. I wrangled abby out of the pj's in the van...started putting on her clothes and couldnt figure out why they were so small.... I checked the tag and it was a 6-12 month outfit!! So... I had a soggy baby and no clothes. I squished her into the small outfit and took off for the baby thrift store I love... found out they didn't open till 10. So we went to McDonalds and had a breakfast before I went back. Thankfully I found a pair of jeans for 3.50 and a top for 2.50. Then we left.
I took her to the mall indoor playground and let her run around the toys there with the kids. It would have worked better if they had a small gate at the entrance.... or am I the only parent of a toddler that struggles to keep their kid from running away? Abby thought it was hilarious, me less so. We left, went back to the Pet Store and checked on Feebee, she looked like she was almost done. So Abby looked at the meows (mice) for awhile and played with a few dog toys. (She also loved the fish, a hint to animal lovers, forget the zoo go to a Pet Store, it's free and the little ones don't care) About the time that I couldn't entertain her anymore they said she was done... So I had to lug her and Feebee's carrier back to the the van. I was exhausted. We had lunch with Tom and Abby was traumatized when he went back to work. She fell asleep on the way home.
Normally this isn't a big deal but Abby woke up when I put her down in the crib. I fought her for a long time to get her back to sleep and finally exhausted myself I couldn't take it anymore. I put her back in her crib, shut the door and lay back down on the couch. She screamed for 45 minuets but I did get a chance to rest. I just couldn't handle it anymore... I was so exhausted I could hardly move and I needed that time. So yeah, she slept... for 15 minuets... all day.... Thankfully Tom was home at 4pm
I was a little disappointed because it was Halloween and my family was coming up to Trick or Treat. Abby was craaaaaaaaaanky but a cute cranky kitty. The people just thought her "thankyou" was the cutest thing ever. It was :) She even got a few Teddy Grahms and had a treat that her mommy didn't take. A few people gave out 'glow bands' and she loved her pretty bracelets. So it went over ok, and I put Abs down to bed at 8:00pm.
Now she is in our bedroom trying to wake up Daddy. She loves to go in and find him in the morning. I was trying to let him sleep a tad longer but she started playing Duplo Legos and thought of him and had to go see where he was. I guess that is ok because maybe I'll get a chance to take a shower and get some breakfast before we go to church. Abby brought me some jeans... time to go :)
1 comments:
You're not the only mum who wishes there was a gate at the entrance. We see a lot of mums running around the outside, chasing their runaway child. Some of them even find their way into our store, so we help steer them towards their mommy. :p
But I think some others believe that a gate would be hazardous of older kids working the latch, slamming it on younger/other children and hurting them. So that's why they probably don't have a gate.
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