Here we are,
another week. This week was pretty low key, nothing too exciting to report
really.
Monday started off
pretty rough. Eliza has a BAD night, and was up much of it, and I was just
plain exhausted. I got us all up and ready for the day, but gave up at the end
and decided to take a Mental Health Day, and stayed home. The girls were off to
school/daycare, Christian was off to work, and I had the house to myself. I
watched some TV and relaxed away the morning, seriously – just what the doctor
ordered. Then, I started getting to work. I spent the afternoon doing some
laundry and cleaning up around the house. Our “organized chaos” task for this
week is for everybody to stop leaving their clothes all over the house!!
Everybody will be talked with putting their clothes, specifically their dirty
clothes at the end of the day, in their hamper, where they belong. Now, you’d
think the girls would be the hardest to get on board with this. But, no. It’s
Christian. Christian seems to think the entire house is his closet. On just
about any given day you’ll find some article of clothing from him in the entry,
the kitchen, the living room, the
bathroom and ALL OVER the bedroom. And, it literally drives me insane. So, it
will be nag city at our house all week, until I drill it into all of their
heads! After finishing up my tasks for the day, I made a quick run to Target
for some grocery shopping, picked the big girls up from daycare, and we made
our way home. Christian arrived home with Eliza shortly after and made dinner
while I finished folding laundry and put everything away. Finally, it was time
for showers, and bed for the girls, and some “The Walking Dead” for us. Ugh,
back to work tomorrow, and I was not looking forward to it. It’s amazing how
much you can get done when you’re actually home!
Tuesday and Wednesday,
are honestly completely lost on me. I know Eliza was still not sleeping well.
And, work was work. Pretty much just the usual. According to my photos, we went on a walk Tuesday though, so the weather must have been pretty good! Thank goodness for photos, right?!
Amelia is too cool to take group selfies with us.
I love baby cuddles before bed, my favorite part of the day!
Thursday was a busy
day at work, the day just flew by. My attitude at work has not changed much…I’m
still pretty bitter about my telecommuting day being taken away, and the recent
changes, but I’m trying to push through and change my mood. Christian was
supposed to go to Iowa for the weekend, starting tomorrow, but found out today
that was canceled. Hopefully they reschedule, because those weekend trips
result in some pretty kick-ass overtime pay! Eliza had a great week at daycare
this week…showing off her new crawling and cruising skills, and eating everything
in sight. She hasn’t been napping well tough, which I hope changes. She fell
asleep on the way home tonight, and actually stayed asleep…all night long. I couldn’t
believe it! Meanwhile, Amelia has been acting up, worse and worse every day.
She actually got written up today because her attitude has been so bad. So, I
let her have it when we got in the van, and she was sent to her room when we
got home. She threw a fit, before eventually getting over it, and taking the
time to clean up their room (seriously, what kid gets in trouble, and as a
result cleans their room?!). I’m so frustrated over it all though; I’m at my
wits end. We try yelling, we try sending her to her room, we take away her
tablet…we try everything and nothing seems to make her change her attitude.
Ugh, that middle child, I tell ya! To top that off, when we arrived home, I let
the dog out, as I usually do. For the first time ever, he decided to go rolling
in some mud before coming in, and I seriously just about lost it. Instead of
starting dinner and doing everything else I need to do, I had to give him a
bath instead. UGH! Needless to say, it was a rough night. I think my only
saving grace was Eliza being so exhausted, and sleeping right though it all.
Finally, Christian was home, we had some dinner, and a pretty quiet night from
there on out. Early to bed for all!
Olivia's Spring School Photo, cute (the braid in her hair was a risk, not too bad though)!
The muddy dog. Ugh.
On Friday I was off
to work…two Friday’s in a row, gross! My closest work friend were gone much of
this week, so it’s been a pretty quiet week over all, but I definitely got a
lot done. I’m feeling pretty caught up for a change…that really never happens.
After work, I picked the girls up, relieved my mom from babysitting duties and settled
the girls in with an early dinner. As soon as Christian was home, the big girls
and I were off to see “Cinderella” . The movie didn’t start until 7:30, so the
girls were pretty exhausted. But, they seemed to really like it. The movie was
actually pretty cute, it was a fun take on Cinderella. They were straight off
to bed when we got home, and Christian and I weren’t far behind.
Movie Date with my Girls!
On Saturday, I woke
up with a pretty bad headache. No fun! Thankfully, Christian dealt with the
girls for a while and got them some breakfast while I rested. Then, it was time
to get up and head off to swim class. After class, I dropped the big girls off
at my mom’s for the day, grabbed some lunch and made my way home to hang out
with Eliza, relax and catch up on some TV. Christian spent most of the day
outside…doing some yard clean up and cleaning the garage. We ate dinner and my
mom brought the girls home right around bedtime. Once all of the girls were in
bed, Christian went out to grab a couple beers with a friend, while I watched
some more TV. Both of us, doing what we do best!
Another Swim Session Done!
Happy Baby!
Sunday started off
pretty rough. Eliza has another horrible night, and I was EXHAUSTED!! Oh man, I
know it won’t always be this way, but I can’t wait for fairly constant, sleep-filled
nights again! We decided to splurge on breakfast and headed off for a late
breakfast at Perkins. YUM!!!! I did laundry throughout the day, and once home
from breakfast, we hung out for a while, watched a movie, and then everybody took
a nap. EVERYBODY. It was heaven. Olivia just recently found out that we own a
Wii, and went crazy. They have one at daycare, in the schoolage room, that she
gets to play with some days after school, and she couldn’t believe we actually
have one at home. We hooked it up tonight and played for a while, well, until
the little battery the removes had was gone. We’ll need to invest in a few kid
friendly games so they can play with it more. Suddenly , we’re the coolest!
After that died, they made their way outside to play for a while. Most of which
was spent fighting with each other, and driving each other crazy. Oh Lord, I’d
do anything to make the constant fighting stop! Finally, we had some ribs for
dinner, I cleaned up a little, did the dishes, and took the big girls off for a
late frozen yogurt run – I’d bough a Groupon a while back and finally used it. So
dang good! Overall, it was a pretty good weekend. I’ve done pretty well on our
current goals…keeping up with the dishes/bottles, and getting everybody to put their
dirty clothes away. Now, my goal is to get back into getting the girls’ clothes
for the week together on Sunday night. I finally bought these awesome “day of
the week” clothing bags, and put them to use tonight! These will be our main
focuses for a while here, and then I hope to get back into meal planning and
Sunday grocery shopping next, in the coming weeks. Every little bit helps!
Giving the Wii a Test Run
Frozen Yogurt Date
My New Clothes Bags - Love!
