2015 - Week 12

Kicking off another week. And, overall, it was a pretty quiet week. Always pretty welcomed.

Monday came, all too fast as it usually does. We were all up and off for the day. Eliza continues to go to my in-laws for the day on Monday’s, which she’ll do until she moves up to the toddler room and her tuition goes down a little bit. Olivia and Amelia were off to school, Christian and I off to work. And, as usual, I was looking forward to my short week…I think I’d go absolutely crazy without my flex day Friday’s, that’s for sure! I did leave work a little early today to run and do some shopping. The girls have Spring Picture day at daycare on Friday, so I finally stopped into Carter’s to get them some Easter dresses. And, I just LOVE them! I got the big girls less formal dresses, so they can actually play in them and wear them regularly, but they coordinate with Eliza’s puffy little dress. So dang cute. Then, I stopped at Target to do our weekly shopping before picking up the big girls and making our way home. I made dinner while Christian finished up work, picked Eliza up and made his way home. We ate, hung out and played with the girls for a while and relaxed before bed….well, before watching this weeks The Walking Dead, and then going to bed. Only one more episode left this season, I can’t believe it! But, I’m interested in the spin off, so I’m pretty excited for that to start.

Doesn't matter how many girls I have, I'll never get sick of buying cute little girly dresses!

Tuesday was St. Patrick’s Day. I honestly could not care less about St. Patrick’s Day. I think it’s such a ridiculous “holiday”, it drives me nuts really. Every year around this time that meme floats around Facebook of how people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in the United States vs. how people celebrate it pretty much everywhere else, but particularly in Ireland, and it just clearly demonstrates the ridiculousness of the day to me. But, of course, I had the girls dolled up in their green so they could celebrate at school. We had an “appreciation” pizza lunch at work today, which was super delicious. Even though I wasn’t much in the mood for celebrating with our bosses right now, I partook. If it had been anything but delicious pizza, I may have done otherwise. After work I picked the girls up, and received yet another bad report for Amelia. Seriously ya’ll, I’m about to LOSE my mind with that girl, and I don’t even know what to do. Today, she and a “friend” decided to take a bunch of paper towels and clog up one of the toilets in their bathroom. I mean, WHO does that?!? So, yet again, she was sent to her room when we got home for a while, which she was not happy about. I just don’t even know what to do, I’m beyond frustrated. After some time to cool down, the big girls played downstairs for a while. Eliza was very crabby and clingy tonight, so Christian had to make dinner when he arrived home. We haven’t been eating dinner until around 7:00/7:30 lately, and I don’t know what to do about that either. But, Christian doesn’t usually get home until 6:30, and when Eliza is crabby, she is CRAAAAAAABBY, and will not let me do anything. Sigh, this too shall pass. Right?! So, finally, after a late dinner, lots of crying and whining in the house, and a rough evening, it was bedtime. Not soon enough today.

I bug her, so much, but I don't care!

The girls were ready to party!

Wednesday was my work from home day. Only one more work from home day left after today, so depressing.  But, it was a long, busy day, catching up on a lot of the stuff I put off until my work from home day. Not sure how I’m going to fit all of that stuff back into my typical day. I did a little cleaning up after I finished working, and picked the girls up from daycare. I was just feeling completely drained today. Just plain exhausted. So, I ordered pizza and Christian picked it up on his way home (I can’t bring myself to have things delivered anymore…tips, delivery fee, no thank you!). We ate, showered the girls, sent them to bed, watched Empire and basically called it a night.

Thursday was a pretty quiet day. It was my Friday, which is always a huge relief. Seeing the end of the workweek tunnel is always a great feeling. It was a really rough morning in our house with Amelia. She wouldn’t get out of bed, wouldn’t get dressed, wouldn’t put her shoes on , wouldn’t zip her coat , bitched about her morning snack, had to be drug to the van, where she still refuses to buckle herself in. By the time I got everybody and everything loaded up in the van, I was just absolutely exhausted. She just continues to make life harder for everybody, and I am EXHAUSTED!!!! Did I mention that I’m exhausted? I laid into them when I got into the van, basically in tears from the frustration of it all (while Olivia wasn’t being difficult, she’s an instigator when Amelia is worked up, and just makes the situation so much worse), begging them to stop making the mornings to hard. Pleading with them to just listen, just get along, just HELP US SURVIVE. I’m sure it was all in one ear and out the other, but neither of them said a single word on the drive to daycare, promptly put their stuff away when we arrived there, and gave me a hug goodbye. I can’t even explain how I feel by the time I go through all of this, check Eliza in, and get to work. It’s just this jumbled up mix of  frustration, exhaustion, being utterly overwhelmed and just wanting to give up. From the nonsense that I deal with all morning, over Christian’s refusal to get up and actually help me with the kids, over being late to work EVERY.SINGLE.DAY. I can’t even dry my hair, I can’t even do my makeup at home, I can’t even actually get ready, because I’m too busy dealing with everybody up. Dragging myself out of bed, exhausted and sleep deprived, pumping, showering, getting dressed, getting Olivia and Amelia up, getting them dressed, getting their hair done and teeth brushed, getting them their morning snack, getting Eliza up and dressed and in her cat seat, packing Eliza’s diaper bag, my pump, my food for work up, loading everything and everybody up in the van, dropping them off at daycare and filling out Eliza’s morning sheet, battling the traffic into work. It’s just TOO MUCH!! So, yeah, that’s pretty much my post for the day. Thankfully, everybody seemed to have had a good day after the morning breakdown. We had dinner and a fairly peaceful night at home, so at least something seemed to go right.

Evening snuggles, the best! She was super cuddly at bedtime today.

I love how much these two love each other.

My throwback this week...Amelia and Olivia's 1st Birthday's. I can't believe we have another one coming up!

Friday was my day off, and it was oh so very needed. Christian was off to work. I let the girls sleep in a little, but got them up to get them all dolled up for spring pictures. Thankfully they were on my Friday off, so I was able to bring Eliza in to get her pictures, and sibling pictures, done too! Luckily they start early, so we were able to get in right away and get Olivia in for sibling pictures before she left for school as well. Eliza was a little annoyed with the whole process, but she started to warm up. I sure hope we get some good pictures, I can’t wait to see them already! Once Eliza finished up her photos, she and I made our way home. She fell asleep on the way and took a nice nap, while I settled in for some TV time. YAY! Once she was up, we went to Walmart for some house stuff, grabbed some lunch, and headed back home for a lazy afternoon. She took another great nap, and I was as lazy as possible. I picked the girls up a little before closing time, and thankfully they again had a great day. Olivia is on spring break next week, and she was bursting with excitement over the thought of spending every day at KinderCare. She LOVES school, but other than a couple little girls, she really hasn’t made an effort to make friends there. She is just stuck on her KinderCare friends, and she can’t wait to spend an entire week with them. I sure hope she starts branching out soon! Christian brought home Thai food for dinner, which was a wonderful treat, and we had a pretty quiet night. He works early Saturday, so it was an early night for all of us.

Ready for picture day!

On Saturday, Christian was off to work early. While I was up with the girls, early. We had some breakfast, hung out, watched a few movies and relaxed. I played a few games with the big girls while Eliza took her early nap, and they just LOVE when we get a chance to do that. After lunch, Eliza and Amelia both took naps…Amelia ended up taking a SUPER long nap, which was much needed. She was getting a little sassy and obviously tired. When Christian arrived home from work, he took Olivia outside with him to clean up the garage some more and take down some of the Christmas decorations (yes, SOME, we still have our lights up. Ugh.). Finally, we had dinner, watched some TV, I did a couple loads of laundry and we had  quiet evening.

At it again, best friends!

During one of her fits, Amelia cleaned up their room today. Silver lining?

On Sunday, I slept in….after a loooooooooong night with Eliza. She was just miserable, all night long. I’m guessing from her teeth, but good Lord, I was exhausted! I finally got her to sleep in the late morning, and we slept in together until around 9:00. MUCH NEEDED! Meanwhile, Christian and the big girls watched some shows and had breakfast. I started some more laundry, and then one by one we all got ready for the day. Then, we were off to the mall. We stopped to take pictures with the Easter Bunny…there was NO line, which was an amazing surprise, and pictures actually went pretty well. A million times better than Santa pictures did, but poor Amelia was still really bothered by the flash, even though there was a lot of natural light from the mall to counteract it. I wish there was something I could do for her. Per our new tradition, we let the girls pick out a post-Easter Bunny toy from the mall…they were given an option of a Disney Store gift, or a Build a Bear My Little Pony. Of course, they chose the opposite of each other, so we made trips to both stores. Olivia wanted something from the Disney Store, where I get full veto power (no stuffed animals, no clothes, get a fun toy dammit!). She ended up picking out a super cute Merida doll. Next up, Build a Bear…where, they’re only allowed to get My Little Ponies. Amelia picked out the new Luna pony, filled her up, and gave her a bath. Whew, finally done! We stopped at Walmart on the way home so I could run in for a few groceries and made our way home for a late lunch. Eliza napped, the big girls played downstairs for a while, and Christian made taquitos. YUM!!!! And, of course, we had to hit the weekend chores….finished laundry, mopped the kitchen, washed dishes and some general picking up. I was definitely ready to pass out by the time I got a chance to sit down. Right around dinner time, the snow started flying….and, we got A TON of it, 7” to be exact. Gross. We finally got the girls off to bed, except Eliza, who fought going to sleep with every ounce of her being. It was looking like another long night…which is always pretty fun before heading back to work. Or not.

Easter Bunny and Shopping at MOA

Until Next Week! XOXO