Today was a crazy day. The girls were up at 5:45 this morning and stayed up, making sure I was up by coming back into my room every 20 minutes or so until I finally got up. By 8:20, all four of my kids had thrown an actual fit (or at least responded with a “No-o-o!”) when I refused\u00a0them about something.<\/p>\n
I denied\u00a0screen time for most of the day today, so we were forced to be with each other all day. Eric had<\/em> to run to town, change the oil in the van (Thanks, Babe!), and work outside for most of the day. I had<\/em> to work on an editing job. And do laundry. And clean the kitchen. And not ignore my kids.<\/p>\n Oh, and during rest\/nap time, Alex\u00a0started coming down with more fever and sickness. MORE fever and sickness (it’s been here for over two weeks now). Erin started last night, but was doing better until rest time, too, after which her fever came back. Neither daughter\u00a0napped, despite the early morning wake-up call. Timmy got up early because Alex kept hollering for me during rest.\u00a0But\u00a0I did thankfully get some progress made on my editing job.<\/p>\n Then the evening was spent with sick kiddos watching movies on the couch, making dinner, cleaning up, and trying to manage baths and bedtime (we only had\u00a0a 50% bath success rate tonight).<\/p>\n And that, ladies and gentlemen, is reality. At least on some days. So glad it’s almost bedtime!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today was a crazy day. The girls were up at 5:45 this morning and stayed up, making sure I was up by coming back into my room every 20 minutes or so until I finally got up. By 8:20, all … Continue reading