7:08- Wake and feed Grant. Dress him.
7:35- Get breakfast for Gracie. All she wants is grapes and peaches. Add a few items to my shopping list. Feed Grant baby food. Eat a quick bowl of granola. Check the time. Gotta get moving.
8:15- Gracie is dressed, I'm almost ready to go. Check the kids and my bag again. Yep. All ready. Go to get my shoes on.
8:16- Shoes now on, I get the kids to put them in the car. Phew. Something stinks. Sure enough, in the time it took me to tie my Asics, both kids are poopy.
8:32- Stinkies are in the trash. Go to load the kids into the car. Gracie throws a mini tantrum about getting into her seat 'all by myself.' Peace is finally restored when I pull her out of the car and let her climb in and up into her seat without my touching her in any way. Good grief. We are finally on our way.
8:48- Park the car at the store. I'm gonna have to hustle. I really want to get Grant back home and in bed by 9:30. I jog over to the cart corral, find one that doesn't have any wiggly wheels, and turn and face the car in time to see Grace make a terrible face and throw up all her grapes and peaches. I leave the cart and jog back over to the car.
8:55- Gracie is as cleaned up as I can manage. I start the car and head for home.
8:57- I ponder what could be causing her upset stomach. She starts crying that her throat hurts. More peaches and grapes.
8:59- Gracie asks for more peaches. Then she asks for more grapes. Then she cries that we aren't going to the store. Then she asks for more peaches again. Then she asks for more grapes...
9:02- I venture some consolation by telling myself that I just wasn't meant to go to the store this morning. Something bad probably would have happened. At least we weren't in the store with a full cart when she threw up. *Sigh*
9:10- Get grace out of the car and undress her in the yard. Take her inside and throw her clothes in the wash. Get Grant out of the car.
9:20- Sponge bathe my girl and dress her in clean clothes. Give her 10 big hugs.
9:27- Put my baby in bed in time for his nap. At least that went according to plan.
7:35- Get breakfast for Gracie. All she wants is grapes and peaches. Add a few items to my shopping list. Feed Grant baby food. Eat a quick bowl of granola. Check the time. Gotta get moving.
8:15- Gracie is dressed, I'm almost ready to go. Check the kids and my bag again. Yep. All ready. Go to get my shoes on.
8:16- Shoes now on, I get the kids to put them in the car. Phew. Something stinks. Sure enough, in the time it took me to tie my Asics, both kids are poopy.
8:32- Stinkies are in the trash. Go to load the kids into the car. Gracie throws a mini tantrum about getting into her seat 'all by myself.' Peace is finally restored when I pull her out of the car and let her climb in and up into her seat without my touching her in any way. Good grief. We are finally on our way.
8:48- Park the car at the store. I'm gonna have to hustle. I really want to get Grant back home and in bed by 9:30. I jog over to the cart corral, find one that doesn't have any wiggly wheels, and turn and face the car in time to see Grace make a terrible face and throw up all her grapes and peaches. I leave the cart and jog back over to the car.
8:55- Gracie is as cleaned up as I can manage. I start the car and head for home.
8:57- I ponder what could be causing her upset stomach. She starts crying that her throat hurts. More peaches and grapes.
8:59- Gracie asks for more peaches. Then she asks for more grapes. Then she cries that we aren't going to the store. Then she asks for more peaches again. Then she asks for more grapes...
9:02- I venture some consolation by telling myself that I just wasn't meant to go to the store this morning. Something bad probably would have happened. At least we weren't in the store with a full cart when she threw up. *Sigh*
9:10- Get grace out of the car and undress her in the yard. Take her inside and throw her clothes in the wash. Get Grant out of the car.
9:20- Sponge bathe my girl and dress her in clean clothes. Give her 10 big hugs.
9:27- Put my baby in bed in time for his nap. At least that went according to plan.
5 comments:
I LOVE this! Josh does the exact same routine when getting in the car (minus the barfing). He has to do it all himself - including shuting the van door, and buckling up the seat. Sometimes this can take 5-10 minutes! Ughhh! I just keep reminding myself that this time is so short when you get to have them with you all day!
Well maybe you didn't make it to the store, but you sure did a lot in that short amount of time! Hope Grace is feeling better. And that you make it to the store soon.
Love the title. Well put. I just love being a mom.
Jen- me too.
oh.my.gosh.
you have my complete sympathies. Let's ban barf and shopping trips on the same day. PUHLEASEEEEE!
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