Trying something a little different today- here was our chaotic day- :o) Enjoy the photo overload...
7:15- Girls all up, trying to get them ready for the day. Kiley to the potty, Kara to the potty, tell Abby to go to the potty, dress Kiley and Kara, tell Abby to go to the potty. Pour cereal for all three. Change Christopher, sit down to feed Christopher, refill Kara's bowl of cereal, finish feeding Christopher, refill Kiley and Kara's cereal.
(Abby and Kiley filling their shopping carts)
8:00- Wake Tom up, get Abby dressed, prepare coffee machine in the rare case I have enough time and energy to get some. Get dressed.
(Kara browsing the meat market)
8:15: Tell Abby again to find her shoes, have lengthy discussion about lost fairy wings, break up fight between Kiley and Kara. Go over diaper bag to make sure we have everything we need. Find three pairs of shoes, Herd group into the car, tell Abby again that we don't have time to find her doll's fairy wings. Pack up Christopher and decide that instant cappichino will have to suffice this morning.
(The girls farming-Abby was pulling carrots out)
And the day has begun... exhausted yet?
9:00- Research Study appointment with Christopher- where of course he WILL not go back to sleep like they want.
(Kara was too afraid to go near the pretend pig...)
10:30- Chris and I walk out with 35 dollars in gift cards and a package of diapers (part of the research study) Tom has returned from dropping Abby off at preschool.
(Can you find Abby and Kiley?)
10:45- I run Kiley and Kara into the bathroom at the mall while Tom looks for a tool he needs. We browse through the clothes that is on clearance and pick up another package of Dora undies and a pair of jeans for 5 dollars.
(Kiley and Kara having coffee and a meal in the sod house)
11:00- Tom and I tell Kara to put back the candy bar (why do they put it at their levels!) for the third time. She obeys well but stubbornly keeps at it. We pay for the clothes and Tom has one other place in the mall he would like to check.
11:15- Kiley and Kara sit in the mall hall in a little seating area with couches and chairs. A man at a piano begins to play music and they start to dance. Scare off the man that had been sitting their previously. (sorry!) Still no tool so we leave to go get Abby.
11:30- Pick up Abby from preschool and admire her little goodies and Easter Basket.
11:45- I stop into Hyvee to pick up Sandwich things- the cart I chose shocked me every other step (annoying!) After I finally found the bread which was cleverly hidden near the alcohol (apparently if you drink you must have bread... or is it a buffer of some type?) I am shocked to see all of my kids in a shopping cart behind me. Tom informs me that not long after I left Abby decided she HAD to go to the bathroom. So without a phone he had to drag all of them into the store and get Abby to a bathroom. Fun times.
12:15- we stop at Subway to pick up lunch for Tom and I. Take Kara and Kiley in for another bathroom run. Taking two toddlers into the bathroom is a lot of work- especially when they don't understand that surfaces in a public restroom like the toilet, toilet bowl, floor... are extremely disgusting. I had to wash each of their hands twice... and then forced them to line up against the wall and to stop TOUCHING things!
12:30 WE FINALLY GET ON THE ROAD
1:00 Everyone asleep in the car after a little Simon and Garfunkle Scarbarough Fair... peace at last (Tom is asleep too)
(Daddy teaching his three girls how to change a tire already... lol)
2:00- We arrive at the Children's museum- we somehow got lost and while admiring the play ground missed the fact that there was a large T-Rex Dinosaur standing in front of us... not sure how we missed that.
(This dinosaur and one other are motion activated, Kara is hiding behind me right here. It was quite impressive and scary!)
The musuem was great for the kids, if we didn't live an hour away I think we would be up there quite often! Everything is kid geared and yet fun for parents too. These are the photos you have been admiring through this post :o)
By 4 o'clock and another potty accident the parents were all ready to go home. The promise of fruit snacks led the girls out of the musuem and they all told the staff how sad they were to go (loudly). We headed back to town and picked up chicken nuggets for the girls who were now starving (at 5 o'clock)
5:30- we were parked outside the medical spa- I had a 30 minute massage scheduled at 6pm. Well of course all three had to go potty again. The spa people were so wonderful letting me drag my three into the spa bathroom to avoid another accident.
6:00- an amazing massage- the best I have ever had. The lady commented on the amount of tension I had in my shoulders and back... surprise surprise eh?
7:00 we made it home, fed them again and got ready for bed... phew what a day!!!
