Wordy Wednesday

6:00AM
Feeding
Diaper change
Check email/listen to the news/get the paper
Kettle on
Wake up children
Press coffee
Baby to bed
Herd children to bathroom & getting dressed
Fix breakfast
Remind children to speak in kind voices in the morning
Remember to pour coffee into mug
Dole out a consequence for hitting/being mean/sassing
Hug a crying child
Help children bus dishes
Help children do jobs
Check homework
Fill backpacks with lunches and folders
Drink coffee I poured in mug (ahhhhhhhh)
Stop a fight
Herd children into car
Drive to school
Drop off
Drive home-call someone
Clean up from breakfast
Feeding
Diaper change
Play with baby/Sabrina
Laundry sorted
Pick up living room
Baby down for nap
read to Sabrina
Plan menu
Check budget
Replan menu
Make grocery list
cut coupons
Feed baby
Diaper change
Race to the van
Race to school
Pick-up Stuart/Sabrina
Listen the exciting school stories on drive home
(Are you tired yet? It's only 12:30)
Put girls down for naps
More laundry
Make supper/Finish cleaning kitchen
Help Stuart with homework
Feeding
Diaper Change
Drag Sabrina out of bed
Race to the van
Race to school
Pick up Chase
Listen to him NOT tell me about his day
Break up more fights
Put baby down for nap
Check Chase's homework
Finish getting dinner ready
Twitter/Facebook/Email
Break up more fights
Remind children to speak kindly
Hug a crying child
Read to someone
Feed the baby
Michael & Sam get home (HALLELUJAH!)
Dinner
Put baby down for nap
Clean-up from dinner
Bath 3 children, get them in pjs
Remind children to pick out clothes for tomorrow
Talk to Michael
Remind Stuart 4 more times to pick out clothes for tomorrow
Remind Sabrina that she has more than pink clothes to wear
Break up more fights
Remind everyone to go to the bathroom & brush teeth
hug many children
Read stories
Sing
Pray
Read
Lights out (Ahhhhhh)
Someone out of bed
Put back in bed
Someone else out of bed
Put back in bed
Email/twitter/facebook
Finish cleaning up
Remember the laundry
Make lunches for tomorrow
Set out breakfast stuff
Feed the baby
Diaper change
Put Annalise to bed
Talk to Michael some more
Fall into the bed, exhausted, but full of love!
11:30PM

Not me! Monday

Yep, Monday, Labor Day, and a week of things I did NOT do!

While feeding the baby, I did NOT discover that size 1 diapers are much bigger than newborn diapers. I did NOT discover this leak by a huge wet spot on my shorts. I did NOT continue to wear the shorts the rest of the day. I certainly did NOT wear those shorts the next day.

Stuart does NOT insist that whenever Annalise cries, that she needs to burp. When she cries really hard, he does NOT say that Annalise wants him.

Chase has NOT discovered that he can play games on our iPods and Michael's work phone. One of those games is not Ms. Pac Man. This was NOT my favorite game as a child!

I do NOT not remember when I showered last. I am NOT using the excuse that I'm doing laundry and don't think that there will be enough hot water.

I am NOT totally eating up these girls together!


My youngest baby is NOT 2 weeks old. It does NOT feel like she's always been a part of the family.



Leave your own "Not me!" antics in the comment section!

Friday Funnies

While changing Annalise's diaper & cleaning her cord:
Sabrina: Mama, can I help?
Me: Sure, baby.
Sabrina: (Handing me the rubbing alcohol) Here, Mama. Here's the dry up juice.


While Stuart is playing and Annalise is hanging out on a blanket:
Stuart: Mom, has her raisin fallen off yet?
Me: Raisin?
Stuart: (Pointing to her cord) You know, her raisin.

Sabrina was dropping food on the floor while she & Ruth were eating at the table:
Me: Sabrina, don't drop things from the table. That makes a mess on the floor. If you drop something on the floor, you will need to pick it up.
Sabrina: Na, mom, Miss Lisa will get it.

Wordless Wednesday

Stuart's favorite song to dance to: Footloose.

Not me! Monday

Oi vey! It's Monday! Time for a little fun...

This past week I HAVE NOT been reveling in a dreamy baby girl. She is NOT sleeping almost 5 hours already. I DO NOT know how amazingly wonderful that is. (Really—a-MAY-zing!)

My older kids DID NOT start a great school year the day before Annalise was born. They DID NOT LOVE it. I DID NOT hear about how great school was.

Chase DID NOT confess that he doesn't really like the baby. That same night he DID NOT get out of bed when I was getting ready to feed her "just to check on her". He did not get up 20 minutes later to ask me this: "Is Annalise left or right handed?" It was not 3:30AM.

I have NOT gone a little coo-coo for this free mug from the hospital.

I have NOT been mercilessly teased by people, including the baby's nurse for getting excited about the mug.

I AM NOT feeling so good that I want to go running. (Reminder: I hate running). I am NOT getting frustrated because I feel I should be able to do more and then I realize I spend 8-9 hours every day sitting in a chair feeding a newborn.

Hope y'all have a great week.

Stuart the theologian

Just a couple funny stories that people have told me about Stuart recently.

Michael caught Stuart carrying some water into his room and then bringing it back out.

Micahel: What are you doing?
Stu: Oh, I was just baptizing Obi-Won Kenobi.


London recounted this about Stuart & Aidan's conversation on the way home:

Stuart: Oh, we played Star Wars at recess today. I was Yoga.
Aidan: Yo-DAH
Stuart: Yogda?
Aidan: Yo-DAH!
Stuart: Oh. Yea, and the other day I baptized Obi-Won Kenobi
Aidan: What's bapertized?
Stuart: It's when you go in the water and you get washed off of all your sins 'cause from then on you follow Jesus. (very matter of factly) But if you sin again, ya just pray.

Wordless Wednesday