Day #2

Day #2 in a word: HARSH.

Definitely harder than yesterday. Definitely.

I finally zonked out at 11pm. I was sooo tired, yet couldn't sleep. At 2am I was awakened to a noise - JOSH - yelling for "Daddy!" downstairs. It took me 2 hours to get the kiddo back to bed.

THEN....('cuz it's totally Murphy's Law)....I wake up at 7AM to Matthew. Turns out he was up and just wanted to watch cartoons. So, me bein' the neurotic mom I am, I got up and then laid with him on the couch, trying to catch just a few more Z's before Josh got up.

I finally fell asleep....seriously, it took 10 minutes to relax enough and trust that Matt was going to actually "stay put" and not get into anything....only to wake up to the phone ringing.

A rep from our mortgage company asking some questions etc., updating records, from the EAST COAST. {Argh!} And, YES....I was polite to her.

So needless to say, I never actually got back to bed.

The day proceded pretty much as I'd planned.....

*We had a Mommy & Me playgroup at the church....the kids got to play with Davis & Jack. {Thank you Mindy for showing up!} And I got to socialize with Chrisanne & Mindy. :) Though we did decide that the next one - we'd have it more of a "field trip" style. Maybe hit the Fire Station - or other places. Expose the kids to more activities around them in our community....so, I have a bit of homework to do...but it should be fun!!

*Running Errands. Fred Meyer's. Clackamas. Bank. That kinda boring stuff. During which, Joshy fell asleep for about 40 minutes.

*Listening to our favorite CD....if the kids aren't singing at the Primary Program, it's not going to be because they don't know the words. LOL.

Which brings up another fun-factoid....as seen through the eyes of Matt.

Matt: Mom! Mom! Guess what?!
Mom: What, Matt?
Matt: Jonah was a prophet that got swallowed by a mean whale!
Mom: Mm Hmmm...
Matt: An, and then....Jesus told the mean whale to spit him out and guess what?! He did!
Mom: That's pretty cool, huh buddy?
Matt: Uh-huh! {pause} Can we sing the prophet song again?

No joke. That's verbatim. Our conversation that we had about thirty times just today.

*Let the kids pick dinner. PB & J's. Thank heaven it was simple! ;)

*Playdough. Can I tell you I really, really, really dislike this stuff?! I'm not entirely certain whoever invented it didn't have it out for Mom's. Though, it's not for why you'd think.

I've now seen a new first.

Playdough in the ear canal.

And just to keep things interesting {cause that's the way we roll here....} NO....it wasn't in Josh's ear. It was in Matt's.

I've tried tweezers. I've tried a bobby pin. A bath. But a small piece of playdough remains lodged in Matt's ear. And if it's still there tomorrow morning....I'm sure I'll be headed back to the doctors office for a removal.

(Sigh)

But I'm not going to think about that. That's for tomorrow's misery and I'm not going to borrow any more trouble today.

And now, as I lay here on the couch - FINALLY listening to the soft sounds of snores by the boys.....and now having the ability to change the channel on the TV.....I have only one word left I want to share with you all, before I collapse into a coma.

Hallelujah!