Ups and Downs

Before I begin my post, I want to give you a cute pic of my kids going to school this morning!! They insisted on wearing the hats!!!
This week has been full of ups and downs. I feel lately like several people have given me a back-handed compliment by asking me “How do I do it all?” Quite frankly, I don’t.

Let me give you a play by play of my Monday.

5:00 a.m. Wake up, shower, dress

5:30 a.m. Prepare roast and vegetables for crock pot, do a load of laundry, start the dishwasher and eat breakfast.

6:00 a.m. Prepare breakfast for kids which consisted of waffles and fruit – strawberries for J and pineapple for R

6:30 a.m. Wake up Rocco, change diaper and get him dressed with shoes

6:40 a.m. Wake up Jillian, restroom, she gets dressed with shoes

6:50 a.m. Administer meds to J and R

6:55 a.m. Load up in car

7:00 a.m. Leave house

7:10 a.m. Arrive at school, take kids inside to classes, open breakfast, give kisses

7:20 a.m. Leave kids’ school

7:45 a.m. (seriously are you tired yet?? I am tired just writing this! AND HOW AM I GONNA DO THIS WITH 3??? THAT IS THE QUESTION!) Arrive at work

First day without student teacher!!!!! Return to reality. Oh yea! Dealing with 20 5 year olds BY YOURSELF is really hard!!!!

3:30 p.m. Finish after school duty.

4:15 p.m. Leave school.

4:35 p.m. Deal with traffic on IH35 and pick up kids

5:00 p.m. Arrive home

5:15 p.m. Roast smells DELICIOUS!!! Fix potatoes and green beans for kids and salad for me and we eat.

6:00 a.m. Administer meds to J and R. No baths b/c I am exhausted.

6: 30 p.m. Bryan home. Fix his dinner.

7:00 p.m. Rocco to bed

8:00 – 9:30 p.m. Wrestle with J to get her to bed. She giggles, plays, cries, screams, yells she is scared of the dark to avoid going to bed. Bryan finally wins by threatening her with bodily harm.

9:30 p.m. Sleep for me.

It sounds complicated BUT this was actually a really good day for us!! The kids are feeling better with the meds. No tantrums over clothes. The kids played together. Everybody loved my homemade dinner!

Tuesday

Bryan is off so he has kid duty in the morning.

BUT Tuesday was very rough at school. The kids were WILD and their minds already on Christmas break. SOOOOOO Tuesday night for me was a struggle. Exhausted doesn’t quite describe what I was feeling.

The original question was “How do I do it all?” I will admit that I do a lot but I did not mention that the kids’ toys needs to be picked up (constant on-going battle). I always wash clothes and fold but then they sit for several days before I can put them in the proper closets. There are dirty dishes in the sink that need washing. AND I have a stack of papers in my kitchen that need filing.

Lesson of the day: Never be fooled!! I don’t really think that anybody can do it all!! Not well anyways. Especially not me!!!