4:11 am -- Matthias is up. Sometimes he wakes up to nurse once in the middle of the night, sometimes he doesn't. He's pretty belligerent this morning, especially for someone who's getting a free meal out of the deal. Freshly fed, he falls asleep and I crawl back into bed.
6:27 am -- Do I hear yelling? Olivia is hollering, and I realize with a start that we forgot to unlock the bedroom door before going to bed last night. We lock it as the girls are falling asleep so that Kaitlyn won't escape. We've only forgotten to unlock it one other time; it worked out better then. I sprint through the kitchen and unlock the door. Olivia has to go to the bathroom. Kaitlyn was awakened by the noise and decides that she also needs to go to the bathroom. She is mistaken, but we try anyway. I put Kaitlyn back in bed and cover her up. Olivia moves to the couch because she claims she is not feeling well. I think she's just overheated, but set her up with a sheet and a bucket.
6:45 am -- Is it worth it to go back to bed for 45 minutes? Probably not. This day in my life is not starting at all how I had anticipated. As I fell asleep last night, I thought about how my post would begin with a calm, leisurely waking up somewhere in the 7:30-8:00 vicinity. C'est la vie. I might as well grab a shower before Bryan gets up. I clean the bathroom sink while I'm at it, and am completely ready for the day by 7:45, which is unusual these days. Generally I make sure the girls are ready before breakfast, but I don't tend to get around to dressing until about 10:30.
7:45 am -- Kaitlyn and Gretchen are in their room, presumably to get dressed. I hear an awful lot of jumping, though, accompanied by the song "Five Little Monkeys." I'm guessing that getting dressed is not high on their list of priorities right now.
7:55 am -- Gretchen and Kaitlyn have pink-eye, and today is their first application of drops. I call them in one at a time and each trustingly puts her head in my lap and looks at the ceiling. I'm guessing the next set won't go as well.
8:00 am -- Matthias is ready to be awake! I can tell by his thumping feet. Olivia used to do an excited wiggle dance when she heard me coming in the morning. Matthias alerts me to his state of awakeness by picking up his legs and slamming his feet into the mattress. Then he looks surprised when my head pops into view over the side of his bed. I grab my camera, and Bryan immediatly notices and says, "Is today the day in Matthias's life?" He takes a picture of me holding Matthias for posterity.
8:10 am -- Kaitlyn asks to watch youtube videos. I figure this might be a good time to get a little sewing done, so I turn on a Disney playlist. Gretchen plays with Matthias on our bed and keeps him happy. Olivia continues to be an invalid on the couch. I sew.
8:45 am -- Everyone (except Olivia) is dressed and we head to the oratory for prayers. Then the mad dash for spoons and cereal commences.
9:00 am -- Breakfast for Gretchen and Kaitlyn. Olivia watches from the couch and thinks maybe she could eat breakfast, but only if she can do so lying down. I tell her that if she's well enough to have cereal then she's well enough to get up and get dressed. She decides that she is not, in fact, well enough after all. Matthias chews on the edge of his flying saucer while I also get breakfast.
9:45 am -- Matthias is getting cranky, so I get him ready for a nap. Olivia informs me that she is ready to get dressed and eat breakfast. Matthias is sleeping by 10 and Olivia has her breakfast. We begin school at the dining room table.
10:45 am -- Matthias is awake. I wish I could say this is unusual, but short naps seem to be his default setting.
11:00 am -- We take a break from doing school to dance to Disney music in the living room.
12:00 pm -- Matthias takes another nap. My fingers are crossed for this one to last longer.
12:15 pm -- Back to school. We also read some stories.
1:15 pm -- Bryan comes up for lunch and puts a candle on the table, which is his signal to the girls that they're going to eat by themselves and leave the two of us alone for an in-house date. Usually we do these at dinner (about once a month), but this month our dinners have been too busy. The girls are excited because this generally means that they also get to watch a movie. Today is not an exception.
1:45 pm -- Matthias is up and happier than before. He and I bop around the house doing little chores while the girls finish their movie.
2:45 pm -- I notice Olivia's eyes oozing and call the pediatrician to request a third eye drop prescription. Since we were just there yesterday, they don't need me to bring all the kids in.
3:00 pm -- Sierrah comes over to hold Matthias and keep the girls (read: Kaitlyn) from getting into trouble. I head to my bedroom to practice and sew. Normally when she's over I try to practice my viola the whole time, but I have a craft fair coming up and not nearly enough inventory ready.
4:00 pm -- Everything falls apart. Sierrah leaves and Matthias is ready to take another nap. As I'm nursing him, Kaitlyn comes in. She needs to go to the bathroom. I put down and angry Matthias and put an already pooping Kaitlyn on the potty. I toss the dirty underwear in the diaper pail and scoop up Matthias while Kaitlyn finishes. She says she's done, I tell her to wait while I get Matthias settled. She doesn't. After I put Matthias down, I head to the bathroom to assess the damage. Smears of poop on the toilet (but nowhere else, so I guess that's good) and half a tube of toothpaste squeezed onto the stool. I clean up the toilet and the Kaitlyn, put the stool aside for another day, and give up on chronicling my adventures for the day. Bryan will be home soon, we'll eat dinner, and maybe everyone will go to bed well. :/
Pictures:
Awake Matthias:
Sick Olivia:
Gretchen, Matthias, and Kaitlyn:
Flying Saucer:
Breakfast:
School:
Videos:
Kaitlyn plays in the bathroom:
Oof the day you chronicled was the messy Kaitlyn day. Still, it sounds like it was pretty productive in spite of that!
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