just so ya know..

What a typical morning is like for me. Or since nobody reads this blog, just so I will REMEMBER what it used to be like five years from now. 

Wake up at 1 am- Emma wants milk

wake up 4 am- feed Micah

Wake up 5 am-Jonah goes potty in my bathroom and climbs in my bed, he plays a loud game on my phone while I try and sleep and Zach gets ready for work.

5:30 am- Emma and Micah are up. 

Change Diapers, Make breakfast, get kids dressed. Have family prayer and we all give daddy hugs and wave to him on the front porch as he toots his horn and makes Micah laugh. I try and get dressed while Micah opens all my drawers and throws floss and makeup across the floor. I give him a cup and some medical tape and he is distracted for five minutes while I do a sloppy job putting eyeliner on and brush my hair quickly. (I can take a shower at  noon during nap time. it works.) I come out of the bedroom with Micah, and Emma and Jonah are playing tag, and throwing all the couch pillows across the room. I quickly make a list, while Micah pulls on my leg and cries, and Emma and Jonah sing the clean up song and put the pillows back where they belong. good kids :) 

Next, Make sure I have all my stuff, including wipes and diapers. Tell Jonah to go potty so he won't have any accidents or have to go in the grocery store. I have Micah play with a toy as I run Emma out to the car and strap her in. This way she wont be loose and jump around while I try and catch her to strap her in. I run inside, grab Micah and Jonah is upset he can't find his shoes. He finds them outside, all muddy from the day before. He puts them in the car but I also grab a pair of clean shoes for him. Back up the car, put the trash cans out, and quickly throw water on my dying plant that needs to be put in the ground. Jonah volunteers to pray. He prays for us to have fun and be safe. As I drive Emma points out every house and yells at me to look at each one. I act surprised at each house she points out. I drive to my parents house and run inside, feed Stewart, and let him outside with a bowl of water. Back in the car and I stop at Target first with returns.

I find the best parking spot next to an SUV in the shade. The car leaves and as I'm in the process of unloading the kids, a truck full of junk decides to take it's place in the tiny corner. It took him five minutes to squeeze in. Seriously!? The man had to crawl under these chairs, how was I supposed to get Emma out? It made me a little upset since he saw that I was trying tp get kids out of the car too. The funniest part was that after all his trouble to park in this tiny spot (and there were a 100 other spot right next to him) he basically ran in the store and ran right out. 

So I go inside and decide to try and find a fathers day gift. But Micah and Emma are both starting to act wild and since I'm weak I desperately grab a bag of dumdums to get me through the rest of the store.

And it wasn't until I was walking out of Target that I noticed Jonah's shoes. He said "I wanted to wear them like this! It's cool!" 

After i loaded everyone back in the car I headed to the grocery store. Emma and Jonah piled in a car shopping cart and I pushed them around while Micah kept grabbing at my shirt and screaming. As i got in line I realized I forgot some main ingredients but there was no way I was going to run through the store again. I still had to get everyone and everything back in the car and home before anyone falls asleep. Oh and I had to stop and put Stewart the cat back inside before he died of heat stroke.

When I finally got home, Micah was asleep. I left the car running and had Jonah hold the door open while I made about eight trips back and forth with all the groceries. On my last trip Emma decided it was time to wake up Micah so she started yelling "WAKE UP MICAH!" and  he woke up screaming. I quickly tried to find the melting ice cream and throw that in the freezer. Put Emma inside and tried to put Micah back down in his crib. Luckily he fell back to sleep. I then ran in the kitchen and put away the food while Jonah showed Emma the sticky hand he got out of the machine with his chore money . He threw it on the ceiling and they would watch and wait for it to peel off and fall back down.

After the cold food was put away, I put the Tinkerbell movie on for them in the playroom and passed out on the couch for ten minutes before I had the strength to make lunch and clean up.

And after I fed everyone some grub, Emma got in her bed and took her nap. ah, the first half on the day is done. I made it! It's a hard phase right now. Emma and Micah are just not ready to go out and do much. Going to just a few stores might now seem like a big deal, if I was alone it would have taken me half the time, and half the energy.  Yet here I am, with three little ones and when it's time to take them into a few stores, I have to take a deep breath, roll up my sleeves and just get the job done. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best. All in all, I've had much much worse. Today was actually a good morning. No major fits, no injuries. Only lost one binkie, and Emma didn't steal anything. I know this was extremely long and very detailed but one day I'll forget how challenging it was for me to drive into town.  :)