Friday
Friday isn’t over yet, but we’ve had a busy one so far! Things went pretty smoothly. Our Little Einsteins-centered routine is working. The boys woke up extremely early (about 6:30am) and played in their room for a while before they made some loud noise that brought Dad and me out of bed rather quickly.
Breakfast. Showers. Dressed up for the library. Well, not dressed up, but GOT dressed. I checked out three books, but I was planning on checking out six – I guess I forgot a few books on the table in the Children’s Section. ::slaps forehead:: I guess we’ll keep our fingers crossed so that they will be on the shelves next week and not checked out by someone else.
Grocery store, where Kyle threw a tantrum that hurt Ty’s ears. I had gotten a couple of hot dogs for us to share because it was awfully close to lunch time and all of us were getting cranky. Kyle’s bread started falling apart at the end, so he showed us all how mad he can get. The folks at Publix are greatly friendly – and helpful. The bagboy saw that I had my hands full (Kyle wanted to be carried, but I was also carrying Taylor… ::sigh:: It was quite a sight!), so he put my groceries on the checkout console for me. The folks at that particular Publix know that I can usually handle the load of three kids under four… we are regulars there.
We used to go to the park on Friday mornings, but it’s been so terribly hot lately – and the park is taken up by the summer camp kids now. I think I may have mentioned that before. I still want to find a place where we can pratice light gymnastics and some tumbling that’s not in the hot sun.
We’re trying to get a nap routine established. Our schedules (Dad’s and Mom’s) are so hectic and last-minute that the poor children suffer from irregular nap times. Like most households, it looks like 1-3pm is a good time. But the kids aren’t too used to that yet (we started the routine today, so we have to be patient), and it’s nearly 5pm, and Kyle is just waking up from his nap while Ty is aching for his own nap to begin. Sorry, buddy, your nap window is closed.
Going out for Dad’s cheeseburgers now.
