A Non-Stop Kind of Day

Oh my goodness was yesterday a LOOOOONG day!  I was planning on blogging last night, but I was so wiped out by the end of the day, that I couldn't muster up the mental energy.  It was literally a non-stop kind of day from about 10 in the morning until 8 at night.  Doh!  {Where are the emojis when you need them??  Hahahaha}.  

Mornings are proving very tricky with balancing the baby's nap schedule and running errands.  Mostly because Isaac tends to fall asleep in the car whenever we're cutting it too close to nap time and NEVER makes the transfer into his crib once we're home.  Getting a solid morning nap was top priority yesterday, so we stayed home until Isaac woke up and that's when the ball started to roll and roll and ROLL.  Here's a play-by-play of a day in the life of this mom of 6...

• (9:30-10:30) I utilized the morning at home to clean the kitchen, tidy up the family room and make sure Alex was dressed for the day.

• (10:30-12:30) Once the baby was up, fed, and diaper changed, we made it to the gym at exactly 11:10 where I knew I had to be SUPER efficient in order to squeeze my workout in before the Kids Klub closed at noon.  I totally killed it and was super proud of myself for getting back to pick up the kids at exactly 12 o'clock...until I realized that my whole "let's hurry home and eat lunch before heading to preschool" plan was not even possible due to the fact that by the time I loaded both kids in the car and started driving home, it was already 12:15 which is when we are typically leaving our HOUSE to head to school.  So, Alex scrounged around in the car and came up with his leftover lunchable from yesterday, where he found a few crackers to eat and then washed it down with some of my chocolate protein shake while we headed straight to school.  Don't judge me.  Hahaha.  Actually DO judge me -- total hashtag mom fail right there.

• (12:30-2:40) Of course, my timing was now totally off for the baby's next nap as we headed home after dropping Alex off, and Isaac fell asleep in the car.  I was hoping to time things so that he fell asleep while driving to a friend's house after I had gone home to change out of my gym clothes and eat lunch.  But that didn't happen.  He woke up almost as soon as we were home, and after changing and eating, I fed and changed HIM and then headed over to help my friend with cleaning before their move.  It was all good, though, because the cute little squeaker was good as gold for most of the hour+ that I was there.  :)

• (2:40-3:30) Unfortunately, his wonky afternoon napping situation continued on as we finished up at my friend's and then had to book it back across town to pick Alex up from school, with Isaac falling asleep and NOT making the transfer to his crib once we got back home.  

• (3:30-4:30) Sophie and Jane got home around 3:30, and the next hour was spent trying to make Jane do homework while waiting for Grace to get home from running club so that we could head BACK across town to make it to part of Ethan's home track meet.  

• (4:30-5:00) We made it to the meet in time to see Ethan run his 1X100 m relay, and as an added bonus, got there JUST as Scott was arriving from work, too.  I was more than happy to have an extra set of helping hands as we watched from the sidelines.  :)

 We made it just in time!

 I think all that hair is slowing him down.  Hahaha.  

 Grace and Sophie found a friend from church there and spent the majority of the time doing stunts on the side together.  

• (5:00-6:30) We stayed at the meet for about an hour before we had to head out once again and travel to the opposite side of town -- once more -- this time for Alex's preschool Art Show that started at 6.  Scott stayed to watch Ethan's last event and take him home, and I loaded up the rest of the clowns to drive to the Show, with a pit stop at Sonic for dinner on the way there.  {The promised Sonic trip may or may not have been one of my tricks for getting everyone to come with me to the meet.  Hahaha.}

 {I love Art Shows}

• (6:30-8:00)  We put in as brief an appearance as the kids would allow, before heading home to FINALLY get that poor baby in his crib for a good sleep.  :)  Scott and Ethan were there by the time we arrived, and once I fed Isaac and got him to bed, the fun REALLY started as I sat down with Jane around 7, and forced her to focus on getting that homework response DONE.  {That was sarcasm in case it wasn't clear}.  One hour later and Jane was FINALLY finished.  {The assignment? Write a "response" to the chapter she read in her book.  The "response" needed to be 3-4 sentences long and have proper punctuation and capitalization.  And no -- it SHOULDN'T take an entire hour to get this job done.  Sidenote -- doing homework with Jane may or may not try my patience to its utmost limits.}  

Staying focused is not our strong point.  But hey -- at least she still makes the most entertaining faces for the camera.

And that was my day and night!  It was 8 o'clock by the time Jane was done with her response and I was able to tuck her into bed and read her one more story.  Thankfully, Scott took over getting Alex and Sophie in bed, and Ethan and Grace didn't put up any fights.  All in all, it was an exhausting day and it felt SO good to go to bed.  :)  

Stay tuned for one last "catch-up" post about my Conference weekend home alone with Jane {and Isaac}...