the daily grind

Just a glimpse into a typical week in my life...

Monday - ugh, Monday! The kids get up and off to school. Javin gets here between 8:30and 9:00. I spend the morning feeding little ones, changing diapers, making sure Javin isn't shoving the ever elusive - to me, not to Javin - marbles, pennies, etc. into his mouth, and trying to interpret the many different sounds Everett makes, hardly a one an actual word, to figure out what he wants at any given moment whilst Nash continually begs to have a friend over or even worse, wants me to call his friend's mom and wrangle an invitation for him to go over there! Javin goes home at noonish and soon thereafter Everett is ready for a nap. Layne comes home most days at about 12:40 for a quick lunch and then back to the hormone-riddled youth at the middle school. Monday night at 4:30 Brody has baseball practice with a game following at 5:30 while Delaney needs to be to a different park for softball practice at 5:30 as well. Dinner needs to be cooked, phone calls returned, and of course this being the witching hour, Everett can go from happy to grumpy in one second flat. All the while Cooper and Nash are starving...when is dinner and what are we having? Sometime after about 7:00 baths and showers must be had and pj's found because they mysteriously disappeared since they took them off this morning! Layne has to go to his 2nd job, so he and his best friend, Mr. iPod are outta here. There's still homework to be finished, books to be read, bedtime snacks to be devoured, teeth to be brushed, and many good night hugs and kisses to be given. And don't forget to find blankey for a certain someonee (Blankey really needs a Lojack device!) Of course, my ever present shadow who is only about 3 feet tall or so, will not go to bed until I do, and his younger brother is starting to learn that trick, so often we hang out until Daddy gets home who can then magically get Ev to sleep while I try to entice Nash off to dreamland.

Okay, I'm exhausted just writing all that so maybe some day I'll give you a glimpse into a Tuesday....betcha can't wait!