I wake at 5 and fold the clothes at the kitchen table while everyone is still asleep. I tiptoe past the bedroom doors, hoping no one sees my shadow. There's a big project in the works in the back bedroom: painting. I step inside and unwrap a brush and get to work on the closet.
At 8 Finley begins to cry and before I go to get her I wrap my brush, close the paint can, and go to check on the baby, who hasn't made a peep since 11 the night before. I worry, so I put my hand on her chest to feel the rise and fall of her quiet breath. After this I go to Finley and Sam pops up. Everyone is smiling this morning, thank goodness. It's not a tantrum morning.
The twins eat Cheerios in yogurt for breakfast and listen to their Elizabeth Mitchell cd and I go to wake the baby. She greets me with a smile and a wiggle and I feed her at the table with the twins. After breakfast they watch tv for a while so that I can shower and get everyone ready for a shopping trip. We leave the house at 10 and I can't believe it.
We go to a discount store and then to the fabric store, where we wait on line forever to have fabric cut. The kids are all amazingly well behaved, and so I walk them down to the pet supermart. We watch the birds, the hamsters, the chinchillas. We check out the fish wall. The intense blue and darting fish fascinate the baby. We see three dogs get haircuts in the grooming center. The groomers all stop to smile and coo at the kids. The kids smile and coo at the dogs.
We eat chicken nuggets in the car and when I give the twins their nugget boxes, Finley says, "Cute!" and then, "Thank you, Mama!" Everyone falls asleep on the way home.
After naps we all watch tv, even though I know it will make for a difficult bedtime. And sure enough, after dinner and a bath, everyone is still riled up. They wiggle and scream for an hour before they tire themselves out. Even the baby is overactive and has to be nursed down after her bath.
It's after 10 and I'm exhausted. So much for painting the rest of the closet.
That sounds like my day every day and I only have 1! Nice to see you post again!
Posted by: Monatopia | August 05, 2009 at 02:51 PM
And how do you get her to sleep from 11 to 8am?? Jealous!
Posted by: Monatopia | August 05, 2009 at 02:53 PM