It's simply exactly about other day

 

What a day.

What. A. Day.

So this morn the toddlers came inwards my room yelling, "Hot chocolate! Hot chocolate!" We get got been having a loving cup of hot chocolate every morn since nosotros decorated for Christmas, thence that they wanted a hhot chocolate wasn't a problem. The timing of their want most for certain was.

I had them wait. I got out of bed. I came to the kitchen for them to larn into a grapple over who gets which spoon. I warmed upward breakfast. {Mommy tip: brand huge batches of breakfast as well as estrus it upward over the side yesteryear side dyad days. This calendar week nosotros had pancakes as well as oatmeal. This has made our mornings much smoother!} One of our toddlers had a stinky diaper that he did not desire changed. He made it rattling clear he wanted to remain inwards his stinky diaper-- though no ane wanted to live close him. In fact, he had to larn to his room to calm downwards before I changed that diaper. When he finally emerged, his brothers were yelling, "HOT CHOCOLATE!" I told them if they maintain yelling at me, at that topographic point would live no hot chocolate. That nosotros must live patient. (There was much confusion over the Definition of this word, patient: perchance it is an sometime wooden ship used during the Civil War era? No...) I changed the diaper. He joined his brothers at the breakfast table.

I finished making their breakfast plates. They continued dropping hints virtually hot chocolate. I continued telling them to wait. I glared at the Keurig to hurry upward as well as estrus upward the water-- must get got java now! Finally it all came together. Finally I made myself a plate. I sat downwards amongst my loving cup of java as well as my pocket-sized plate of pancakes (you know, whatever was left) as well as started eating. Immediately, toddlers start exclaiming, "Sticky! All done! EW! STICKY!" I gave them babe wipes to build clean their hands. They lay their babe wipes inwards their hot chocolate as well as rang them out over their heads... I asked them to stop. Our oldest asked if he could picket a Christmas flick (also been letting them picket to a greater extent than movies earlier, due to the vacation season). I told him non yet. The toddlers demanded to larn down. Our oldest wanted to know when nosotros could picket one. I told them all that I would assistance them after I ate my breakfast.

And thence they asked me for the side yesteryear side 5 minutes if I was done.

When I cleaned all the hands as well as cleared all the plates, I discovered our dishwasher was ran before nosotros went to bed lastly night, pregnant I had a dishwasher total of build clean dishes as well as virtually 5 plates, 4 mugs, 4 forks, as well as 1 knife filling the sink. Plus my husband's breakfast dishes (1 pan, 1 plate, 1 fork). The boys are instantly running gratis is syrup coated pajamas. I lay the dishes inwards the sink, turned away from the dish mess, and went to deal amongst the boys. We changed clothes. They resisted taking off snowman jams. Our 5-year sometime insisted that he either wanted to apparel his pajamas all twenty-four hours or cipher at all. I went to their rooms exclusively to abide by no jeans inwards whatever of their drawers. I literally got them dressed sitting on the flooring side yesteryear side to the dryer, pulling their freshly cleaned clothes correct out of the dryer as well as tossing their pajamas inwards the washer equally I undressed them. Our 5-year sometime approved, "We should larn dressed similar this everyday! Then I won't demand a hamper anymore!" (For approximately ground all our boys dislike their hamper.)

The bad affair virtually getting them dressed inwards the laundry room is that I had to walk through the kitchen as well as come across the kitchen mess again. Ugh. I enjoin them I desire to accept a shower instantly as well as they demand to behave. I don't know what laid him off, but ane of our toddlers as well as thence started throwing a tantrum. Time out. I calm him downwards as well as enjoin them to behave. I told our oldest that at that topographic point was no wrestling allowed spell I was inwards the shower. He promises he understands. The other toddler follows behind me, "Hungry, hungry, huuuuuungryyyyyy...." No means is he hungry amongst 2 hearty bowls of oatmeal as well as 3 pancakes inwards that tummy, summation the drinking glass of hot chocolate. I enjoin him he needs to larn play. He throws himself confront downwards inwards my bathroom. Time out.

I finally got inwards the shower. While I was rinsing the conditioner out of my pilus from my super fast shower, 2 of my boys bust inwards the bath accusing the tertiary man child of biting ane of them. And sure thing, ane of the toddlers has a huge seize amongst teeth grade on his shoulder. The other toddler-- the defendant toddler-- is pointedly not  inwards the bath amongst his brothers. And thence I rinse, exit as well as larn course of report this all out. Time out for the biter. Apologies, tears, hugs, lectures... An injured party. It was rattling dramatic. I can't believe he scrap his blood brother spell I was inwards the shower. Over a block tower.

I start thinking they demand fresh air. I larn ready. They wrestle. One of the toddlers falls off the couch. Our 5-year sometime feels his brothers are existence equally good loud. The toddlers desire to picket Frosty the Snowman. Our domestic dog wants to larn out. I felt similar they simply didn't desire me to larn anything accomplished. I wasn't entertaining them as well as I wasn't getting our materials together thence nosotros could larn exterior as well as walk to the park. Nothing was meeting as well as they were all fighting, arguing, crying. I wanted a hug.

Lunches packed. Shoes on (why is it ever the same nipper who can't ever abide by his shoes?). H5N1 debate ensued over whether or non they needed jackets (me proverb it wasn't mutual depression temperature enough, our 5-year sometime proverb his brothers needed their puffy coats). The toddlers fought over who could send the tiffin bag. All 3 fought over who could send the picnic blanket. All 3 argued amongst me over whether or non they could convey toys (me: no; them: yes. I won). Keys forgotten. All larn dorsum inside. All larn dorsum outside. Finally on our way. Find the perfect spot. Realize nosotros forgot waters. Do nosotros walk back? No, nosotros stay.

I settle us into our spot as well as the boys all fought to sit down inwards my lap! What?! We exit of the household to larn play-- at an empty playground, no other kids or adults to experience shy around-- as well as they desire to quietly sit down inwards my lap?! After wrestling on my couch all morning?! I insisted they larn play.

So I listened to them grapple over the swing. And over the random toys they institute inwards the sandbox. And I wondered, "Why did I larn through all this problem to accept them over to the common simply to heed to them grapple here? At dwelling household I get got my book. My coffee. I don't get got the occupation that I forgot to pack water." I was simply virtually to pack us upward to larn dwelling household when ane of my girlfriends walked over as well as met us at the park. I chatted amongst her. The boys wandered away. They ran; they chased; they played. They went downwards the slides. The swung on the swings. And I relaxed. We ended upward walking dwelling household feeling better, tummies total from our packed lunch.

They were happy until nosotros got dwelling household as well as they realized it was naptime. I wrangled them into bed. It was ane of those days that y'all expect at the clock as well as think, "Is it seriously exclusively 1:30 pm? There are so many hours left inwards the day!"

I'm withal non sure what I'm going to produce amongst all those hours.

I'm simply hoping the 2d one-half of our twenty-four hours is smoother than the commencement one-half of our day!

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