I suppose I should update a bit but I have no desire to really think things through right now.
I'll start with today and see where it takes us. Happy has been discovering more and more each day. He learned how to do his first puzzle today (3 of them actually). When he put a piece in successfully I clapped for him. He looked at me surprised at first and then he started glowing with pride. For the next half an hour he would alternate placing a puzzle piece correctly in it's place and clapping. Sometimes he needed me to clap too. It worked rather well because while he was occupied with his new talent, Demand and I were able to do a puzzle three time without interruption or "help". Happy later showed off his new skillz (yes I said skillz) for Mr. Sloth. He didn't even want to go to bed because he was so into his puzzles. Once he realized I was out of the room though, he changed his tune.
This warm weather business is changing his entire perspective. Today he was looking out the storm door and then started fussing, hinting that he'd rather be outside. Mr. Sloth came home for lunch to see him standing barefoot in his blue overalls holding a paintbrush. The kids are big fans of sidewalk "painting" using only water. We played outside while waiting for Mr. Sloth to get home this time Mr. Sloth came home to find him obsessed with sidewalk chalk and covered with it too (he did have shoes on this time though). After dinner took the kids to a park by this time Happy was a bit tired but still interested in being outside when we got home both kids still wanted to be outside so we played just a bit more so we squeezed just a little more outdoor time in before bed.
Ok, there's your quick update.
The Sloths
Lazywife, Mr. Sloth, Demand, Prophet, Rooster, and King
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Sweet Dreams
I thought I would post an update on how the room sharing is going. In short..WONDERFUL!
Mr. Sloth and I were just explaining to friends that was one of the scariest things we done so far parenting-wise. It was a LOT of work, the crib has to come completely apart to be moved anywhere. There could have been a lot of sleepless nights, but it went pretty smoothly. Happy is sleeping through the night regularly now and Demand isn't waking up crying as much.
It was daunting have to change the sleep routine of both of them but that too went pretty smoothly. Up until tonight the new routine was that I would nurse Happy in our room while Mr. Sloth read Demand a book. Then Demand would brush her teeth and use the bathroom. Then everyone went into the bedroom. Happy went into his crib with a few books of his own while Mr. Sloth read Demand two more stories, then lights out, prayers and finally bedtime. So far the only downfall is Happy rarely lets a parent leave the room (one can leave not two). However, if the downfall involves one of us sleeping in a bed until the kids fall asleep it's not the worst thing in the world. Happy usually reads a bit more then plays and then finally goes to sleep. That's when the parent leaves and Demand's behavior gets "iffy".
However, tonight Happy went to sleep without nursing and he didn't realize that step was skipped. I started to go into their room to get him and saw he was in his crib already reading books. Mr. Sloth looked at me like "He's ok with it!" so I stayed out of sight until they were both asleep.
Mornings are everything we dreamed of. Demand is usually up first and them comes in our room. We tell her to go to her room until the clock says "7" and she does without argument (a big improvement) but then she usually goes and wakes up Happy. We don't really like that she wakes him but he's happy. They then play until one of us comes and gets them or Demand realizes it's after 7am.
This morning I headed downstairs around 6:30am. After working on my Bible Study and having some wake up time. I realized it was 7:07am and I hadn't heard a peep from the kiddos. My only regret about mornings is that I can't make coffee if the kids are sleeping because the coffee grinder will wake one of them. As I was getting the coffee ready I heard Happy ,what I can only describe as cawing (like a bird) at Demand to wake her up. Sometimes we think he's saying her name but it's really indescribable and unrepeatable.
Overall it's really been a joy to hear them talk and play back and forth on the monitor in the morning and I can't tell you how great it feels to put a baby in a crib without tears and to collect them the same way in the morning.
Mr. Sloth and I were just explaining to friends that was one of the scariest things we done so far parenting-wise. It was a LOT of work, the crib has to come completely apart to be moved anywhere. There could have been a lot of sleepless nights, but it went pretty smoothly. Happy is sleeping through the night regularly now and Demand isn't waking up crying as much.
It was daunting have to change the sleep routine of both of them but that too went pretty smoothly. Up until tonight the new routine was that I would nurse Happy in our room while Mr. Sloth read Demand a book. Then Demand would brush her teeth and use the bathroom. Then everyone went into the bedroom. Happy went into his crib with a few books of his own while Mr. Sloth read Demand two more stories, then lights out, prayers and finally bedtime. So far the only downfall is Happy rarely lets a parent leave the room (one can leave not two). However, if the downfall involves one of us sleeping in a bed until the kids fall asleep it's not the worst thing in the world. Happy usually reads a bit more then plays and then finally goes to sleep. That's when the parent leaves and Demand's behavior gets "iffy".
However, tonight Happy went to sleep without nursing and he didn't realize that step was skipped. I started to go into their room to get him and saw he was in his crib already reading books. Mr. Sloth looked at me like "He's ok with it!" so I stayed out of sight until they were both asleep.
Mornings are everything we dreamed of. Demand is usually up first and them comes in our room. We tell her to go to her room until the clock says "7" and she does without argument (a big improvement) but then she usually goes and wakes up Happy. We don't really like that she wakes him but he's happy. They then play until one of us comes and gets them or Demand realizes it's after 7am.
This morning I headed downstairs around 6:30am. After working on my Bible Study and having some wake up time. I realized it was 7:07am and I hadn't heard a peep from the kiddos. My only regret about mornings is that I can't make coffee if the kids are sleeping because the coffee grinder will wake one of them. As I was getting the coffee ready I heard Happy ,what I can only describe as cawing (like a bird) at Demand to wake her up. Sometimes we think he's saying her name but it's really indescribable and unrepeatable.
Overall it's really been a joy to hear them talk and play back and forth on the monitor in the morning and I can't tell you how great it feels to put a baby in a crib without tears and to collect them the same way in the morning.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Erin Go Blah
CAUTION: Gross story follows. Skip to paragraph 3 if you don't want to know.
Tuesday night seemed normal. I decided to go to bed around 11pm. I came in the bathroom to find that Demand had eaten an entire tube of her toothpaste and tried to eat (thankfully) empty bottles of medicine. This happened while we thought she was asleep.
I had a hard time falling asleep (Mr. Sloth fell asleep right away). Soon I started to feel nauseous. I couldn't get comfortable and I still couldn't fall asleep. Finally around 1am I decided taking a bath might help. It did, in fact I started to doze off (which Mr. Sloth doesn't like) so I went back to bed grabbing the bathroom garbage can on my way just in case as I still felt nauseous. I couldn't have been in bed two minutes before I went all "Exorcist". I mean I just shot out of bed. Thankfully I grabbed the garbage can in time and then dashed for the bathroom to finish the unfortunate event. Poor Mr. Sloth had to be woken up with that horrid sound. However, he was somewhat relieved to find it was me and not Demand who he thought would be paying for the toothpaste she had eaten earlier. He was thrilled to find out I had not gotten anything on our bed but we were both still baffled as to why this was occurred. The first thing both of us thought was Mr. Sloth can't stay home. There's no way with a possible pay check on the line he could take a day off.
Thankfully it was just a fluke and the only other symptom I had was a horrid headache caused by the violent episode. I still had the headache when I woke up and Mr. Sloth let me sleep until 8am which was great except when Demand burst in and declared "Happy St. Patrick's Day". Eventually the headache went away and I was able to function fully for the most of the day. Shortly after lunch my headache started to come back with a vengeance. Thankfully it was nap time. Happy was in his crib and Demand in I in my bed. When Happy woke up I realized I had a full blown migraine. Not cool. I plopped Happy in his exersaucer, threw some snacks at him and turned on PBS. I then made a desperate call to Mr. Sloth to do a Motrin run for me. As I lay on the couch waiting for him for the second time in a week I came to the conclusion that this migraine was most definitely fatal. "There's no way I can recover from pain like this", I thought. I was sure that if the kids fussed for any reason my head would most definitely explode. Mr. Sloth was again my hero and arrived with medicine and offered a quick massage before heading back to work. We both decided the horrid show on PBS could be making the pain worse so we put on a DVD for Happy instead. (Two grown men should not be that eager to talk to a lemur puppet)
Within a half an hour my migraine was gone. I felt great. In fact I was able to make cupcakes for CCD and put together a meal for the children before heading out to CCD.
At some point in the day we found out Mr. Sloth's dad was in the hospital. That together with the fact that we are praying to get paid soon, and my knowledge that a friend was in labor at the time gave me plenty of options for things to offer suffering up for. In fact I was offering up my nauseousness for my friend around the time she was pushing. Nothing is in vain I guess.
After CCD we came home and put the kids to bed. Note that I didn't say to sleep. Happy was a rock star actually. He read books and then eventually laid down and put himself to sleep. Demand on the other hand. SANCTIFIER! That girl is going to get it soon. After eating her toothpaste the day before she was punished by not getting sweets on St. Patrick's day which also meant she had to help make cupcakes without getting one taste. You would think this would effect future decisions but no. What happened next we knew would happen some day. It does in every family. We thought she was asleep but it turns out she was in the bathroom playing with my make up and CUTTING HER HAIR. I had already sent her back to bed when I found the hair on the bathroom floor. It didn't seem like much but I couldn't find my scissors which scared me. Well I found them this morning along with the rest of her lopped off hair in the bedroom. At seven in the morning I lectured her about not using my scissors as she repeatedly asked if I liked her hair. And then she had the gall to say, "Can I have a cupcake?" ARRRGH!
So that was our St. Patrick's Day but I guess vomiting, headaches, and unplanned haircuts aren't too unusual for this special day.
Tuesday night seemed normal. I decided to go to bed around 11pm. I came in the bathroom to find that Demand had eaten an entire tube of her toothpaste and tried to eat (thankfully) empty bottles of medicine. This happened while we thought she was asleep.
I had a hard time falling asleep (Mr. Sloth fell asleep right away). Soon I started to feel nauseous. I couldn't get comfortable and I still couldn't fall asleep. Finally around 1am I decided taking a bath might help. It did, in fact I started to doze off (which Mr. Sloth doesn't like) so I went back to bed grabbing the bathroom garbage can on my way just in case as I still felt nauseous. I couldn't have been in bed two minutes before I went all "Exorcist". I mean I just shot out of bed. Thankfully I grabbed the garbage can in time and then dashed for the bathroom to finish the unfortunate event. Poor Mr. Sloth had to be woken up with that horrid sound. However, he was somewhat relieved to find it was me and not Demand who he thought would be paying for the toothpaste she had eaten earlier. He was thrilled to find out I had not gotten anything on our bed but we were both still baffled as to why this was occurred. The first thing both of us thought was Mr. Sloth can't stay home. There's no way with a possible pay check on the line he could take a day off.
Thankfully it was just a fluke and the only other symptom I had was a horrid headache caused by the violent episode. I still had the headache when I woke up and Mr. Sloth let me sleep until 8am which was great except when Demand burst in and declared "Happy St. Patrick's Day". Eventually the headache went away and I was able to function fully for the most of the day. Shortly after lunch my headache started to come back with a vengeance. Thankfully it was nap time. Happy was in his crib and Demand in I in my bed. When Happy woke up I realized I had a full blown migraine. Not cool. I plopped Happy in his exersaucer, threw some snacks at him and turned on PBS. I then made a desperate call to Mr. Sloth to do a Motrin run for me. As I lay on the couch waiting for him for the second time in a week I came to the conclusion that this migraine was most definitely fatal. "There's no way I can recover from pain like this", I thought. I was sure that if the kids fussed for any reason my head would most definitely explode. Mr. Sloth was again my hero and arrived with medicine and offered a quick massage before heading back to work. We both decided the horrid show on PBS could be making the pain worse so we put on a DVD for Happy instead. (Two grown men should not be that eager to talk to a lemur puppet)
Within a half an hour my migraine was gone. I felt great. In fact I was able to make cupcakes for CCD and put together a meal for the children before heading out to CCD.
At some point in the day we found out Mr. Sloth's dad was in the hospital. That together with the fact that we are praying to get paid soon, and my knowledge that a friend was in labor at the time gave me plenty of options for things to offer suffering up for. In fact I was offering up my nauseousness for my friend around the time she was pushing. Nothing is in vain I guess.
After CCD we came home and put the kids to bed. Note that I didn't say to sleep. Happy was a rock star actually. He read books and then eventually laid down and put himself to sleep. Demand on the other hand. SANCTIFIER! That girl is going to get it soon. After eating her toothpaste the day before she was punished by not getting sweets on St. Patrick's day which also meant she had to help make cupcakes without getting one taste. You would think this would effect future decisions but no. What happened next we knew would happen some day. It does in every family. We thought she was asleep but it turns out she was in the bathroom playing with my make up and CUTTING HER HAIR. I had already sent her back to bed when I found the hair on the bathroom floor. It didn't seem like much but I couldn't find my scissors which scared me. Well I found them this morning along with the rest of her lopped off hair in the bedroom. At seven in the morning I lectured her about not using my scissors as she repeatedly asked if I liked her hair. And then she had the gall to say, "Can I have a cupcake?" ARRRGH!
So that was our St. Patrick's Day but I guess vomiting, headaches, and unplanned haircuts aren't too unusual for this special day.
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Picture Update!
I have failed you miserably with picture updates. In fact today I went to upload a picture of an exercise bike for a friend who might take ours and I realized that I had pictures from AUSTRIA still on my camera. I had Christmas, all our snow pictures, Happy's birthday. I am really behind. My sincere apologies to my five readers.
Click the picture below and join the Sloth for a four month journey of pictures!
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Monday, March 8, 2010
Bedtime!
Big day today in the Sloth home. Demand and Happy are sleeping in the same room tonight. On Saturday we moved Happy's crib into Demands room but moved Demand out temporarily so Happy could get used to his new surroundings. Since he coincidentally started sleeping through the night at the end of last week step one was pretty uneventful. Demand was really excited to sleep in our closet for a couple of nights. After the first night she still liked the novelty of it but missed her "sheep room". So today after nap time I started getting the room ready to move Demand's big girl bed in. She's been sleeping on a mattress on the floor for months. The rest of the bed just sat at Sidekicks house while we waited for Demand to be old enough not to fall out of bed.
She's not old enough.
She insists on sleeping on the very edge of the bed. We find her in all kinds of half off, half on positions, but the time had come. She was in her friends room the other day who has a butterfly bedspread too. She keeps talking about getting a butterfly bed too.
So what started as me cleaning up the room to rearrange furniture led to an all out bedroom re-do. I got the genius idea to take everything out of the closet, purge what I could and then put the excess in our now spacious closet. I then put the low dresser in the closet and dug out the changing pad again. I was able to purge a number of things and I also made a fantastic find. I thought there were bags of clothes that were too small for Happy but it turns out they were his next sized clothes including two spring clothes. GOLD! How fantastic! With all the drawers now cleaned out I had plenty of space to put Happy's new wardrobe and with our clothes back in our own closet I had plenty of space to hang the kids dresses and dress clothes.
After dinner I was back to work. Mr. Sloth bathed Happy while Demand and I worked on the room. She helped me hang clothes and pick up under her mattress so I could give the carpet a much needed vacuum. After the bath, the room was reorganized, clean, and purged of clutter and just in time for the new bed. Mr. Sloth and Sidekick carried it over and I thankfully (with the help of St. Anthony) remembered where I had packed the hardware from four years ago. I then kicked Demand out of the room while I made her bed all pretty. I retrieved a pink and white flower embroidered twin blanket that my grandmother gave us as a wedding gift and switched her sheets our for pink and white ballerina sheets and recovered the pillow cases. As a finishing touch I covered the bottom of the bed with the pink side of the blanket my mom made her. Demand is SO excited about her new bed and unfortunately since she took nap today so was too excited and too awake. Bedtime wasn't as bad as it could have been, but hopefully it will get better over the next week or so.
Their room sure is cute though.
She's not old enough.
She insists on sleeping on the very edge of the bed. We find her in all kinds of half off, half on positions, but the time had come. She was in her friends room the other day who has a butterfly bedspread too. She keeps talking about getting a butterfly bed too.
So what started as me cleaning up the room to rearrange furniture led to an all out bedroom re-do. I got the genius idea to take everything out of the closet, purge what I could and then put the excess in our now spacious closet. I then put the low dresser in the closet and dug out the changing pad again. I was able to purge a number of things and I also made a fantastic find. I thought there were bags of clothes that were too small for Happy but it turns out they were his next sized clothes including two spring clothes. GOLD! How fantastic! With all the drawers now cleaned out I had plenty of space to put Happy's new wardrobe and with our clothes back in our own closet I had plenty of space to hang the kids dresses and dress clothes.
After dinner I was back to work. Mr. Sloth bathed Happy while Demand and I worked on the room. She helped me hang clothes and pick up under her mattress so I could give the carpet a much needed vacuum. After the bath, the room was reorganized, clean, and purged of clutter and just in time for the new bed. Mr. Sloth and Sidekick carried it over and I thankfully (with the help of St. Anthony) remembered where I had packed the hardware from four years ago. I then kicked Demand out of the room while I made her bed all pretty. I retrieved a pink and white flower embroidered twin blanket that my grandmother gave us as a wedding gift and switched her sheets our for pink and white ballerina sheets and recovered the pillow cases. As a finishing touch I covered the bottom of the bed with the pink side of the blanket my mom made her. Demand is SO excited about her new bed and unfortunately since she took nap today so was too excited and too awake. Bedtime wasn't as bad as it could have been, but hopefully it will get better over the next week or so.
Their room sure is cute though.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Treasure Hunt
I'm not going to lie, today wasn't my best day. Did I yell at the children? No. Was I grumpy? No. Just lazy, pure and simple. Bored out of my whit actually. How does a mother with a three year old and one year old get bored you ask? That's the thing. The kids were bored so they looked to me for entertainment only I was all out of ideas today. There's always things "I" could be doing but if the kids are bored it's all over.
So minimum cleaning was done today and no purging (so sad) was done today. I spent my time trying to entertain the little ones. I had very little imagination working for me today too. I tried a series of new toys and games none of them did well, that is until we decided to do a treasure hunt. I wrote down a series of clues for Demand, I read them of course, and then at the end there was a piece of candy. We must have done ten plus treasure hunts today, if not more. At one point she started doing her own I cannot describe how cute it was. She would scribble on pieces of paper and hide them and then pretend to read them with real clues. In her most adult voice she would ask something like "Where would you wash your hands?" And then proclaim "the bathroom", and run to find the clue. Mr. Sloth likes the game too because he can sit on the couch while Demand still has fun, and ideal situation for him.
That said, I have a funny story about this morning. Demand is getting really good at staying in her room in the morning and at naptime. This morning I woke up at 6:19am (Happy did a great job sleeping last night only waking up once and going back to sleep on his own) Before I could find the courage to get out of bed Mr. Sloth got up and in the shower before me. (Rats!) So I wondered downstairs, started the water for tea and started to read the Bible and work on my Bible Study for next week. As I sat at the dining room table I heard the pidder-patter of little feet and the Demand presented herself in the kitchen. Stopping at the stove she looked at me and said in a most serious adult voice, "Momma. It does NOT say 7 on my clock." How could I not laugh? "No, it doesn't." I said, "so you should go back to bed." Off she went.
Mr. Sloth thinks that she was cross that "I" was up before 7am. I can see the confusion as Mommy hasn't gotten out of bed before 7am in a few days.
I now have to make up for what today lost. This house is a mess.
So minimum cleaning was done today and no purging (so sad) was done today. I spent my time trying to entertain the little ones. I had very little imagination working for me today too. I tried a series of new toys and games none of them did well, that is until we decided to do a treasure hunt. I wrote down a series of clues for Demand, I read them of course, and then at the end there was a piece of candy. We must have done ten plus treasure hunts today, if not more. At one point she started doing her own I cannot describe how cute it was. She would scribble on pieces of paper and hide them and then pretend to read them with real clues. In her most adult voice she would ask something like "Where would you wash your hands?" And then proclaim "the bathroom", and run to find the clue. Mr. Sloth likes the game too because he can sit on the couch while Demand still has fun, and ideal situation for him.
That said, I have a funny story about this morning. Demand is getting really good at staying in her room in the morning and at naptime. This morning I woke up at 6:19am (Happy did a great job sleeping last night only waking up once and going back to sleep on his own) Before I could find the courage to get out of bed Mr. Sloth got up and in the shower before me. (Rats!) So I wondered downstairs, started the water for tea and started to read the Bible and work on my Bible Study for next week. As I sat at the dining room table I heard the pidder-patter of little feet and the Demand presented herself in the kitchen. Stopping at the stove she looked at me and said in a most serious adult voice, "Momma. It does NOT say 7 on my clock." How could I not laugh? "No, it doesn't." I said, "so you should go back to bed." Off she went.
Mr. Sloth thinks that she was cross that "I" was up before 7am. I can see the confusion as Mommy hasn't gotten out of bed before 7am in a few days.
I now have to make up for what today lost. This house is a mess.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Turkey Turkey
I thought I would fill you in on the turkey dinner in case you couldn't sleep last night wondering how it would all play out.
Well I did the math and in order for the turkey to be done on time I would have to put it in the oven by 1pm, but to play it safe I wanted it in by noon. So when Mr. Sloth was home for lunch at 11am I went next door to fetch my turkey from Sidekicks empty refrigerator. (I had already made four or five treks next door this morning through the snow in a jean skirt with no tights on in order to take out his garbage and recycling use the empty space in his bins. )
So I carry the 13 lbs turkey over to our house set it on the counter and start to open it up...and find that it's still frozen. I have to say that I wasn't disappointed I still had no idea how I was going to make a turkey dinner by 5pm and have us leave on time for CCD.
Our solution was a no brainer eat out after CCD like most Wednesday nights. Mr. Sloth is out hunting and gathering as we speak. (This pregnant lady wants Taco Bell.)
So, turkey this weekend! It works out for the best anyway. Mr. Sloth is going to grill the turkey on Saturday and Sunday he'll grill pulled pork (I'm drooling just thinking about it) Then next week we'll eat all the left overs.
Good thing I some left overs in the freezer for tomorrow!
Well I did the math and in order for the turkey to be done on time I would have to put it in the oven by 1pm, but to play it safe I wanted it in by noon. So when Mr. Sloth was home for lunch at 11am I went next door to fetch my turkey from Sidekicks empty refrigerator. (I had already made four or five treks next door this morning through the snow in a jean skirt with no tights on in order to take out his garbage and recycling use the empty space in his bins. )
So I carry the 13 lbs turkey over to our house set it on the counter and start to open it up...and find that it's still frozen. I have to say that I wasn't disappointed I still had no idea how I was going to make a turkey dinner by 5pm and have us leave on time for CCD.
Our solution was a no brainer eat out after CCD like most Wednesday nights. Mr. Sloth is out hunting and gathering as we speak. (This pregnant lady wants Taco Bell.)
So, turkey this weekend! It works out for the best anyway. Mr. Sloth is going to grill the turkey on Saturday and Sunday he'll grill pulled pork (I'm drooling just thinking about it) Then next week we'll eat all the left overs.
Good thing I some left overs in the freezer for tomorrow!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Spring Fever
Today didn't start well and I actually felt rather sluggish all day but when I started adding up all I did it turns out I really got a lot done.
I tried to wake up at 6am but I went to bed with a headache and it only got worse as the night went on. At 7am Demand came in to let me know her clock said "7" and right on cue Happy perked up in his crib. It took all I could to get out bed and take the kids downstairs. I worked through the extreme pain to throw some food in front of the kids, take some Motrin, and start the coffee.
I laid on the couch waiting for the pain to stop while Demand joyfully ate her breakfast happy that we had milk again. By the time my coffee was ready I was able to be upright but it was still slow moving for about an hour..ok, maybe more. I don't recall actually doing things but by lunchtime everyone was dressed (not well but we were dressed). I had bathed, beds were made and laundry was started. Whenever the kids would play I would work on de-cluttering. I made great progress filtering through the filing cabinets and cleaning out my desks. I'd randomly grabs some clothes from my closet or dresser to either store away or give away and in unfortunate circumstances throw away.
Demand had class today but our car was in the shop (of course it is, we're broke that's when cars need repairs) so she got a ride from a friend (which she loved). With Demand gone for two hours I had more chances to be productive. However with Demand not napping today and Happy waking earlier than usual it was a long afternoon.
Around 4:45pm I realized that I no desire to eat lasagna for a third day so I made an executive decision to order pizza. Thankfully there are $10 pizza deals now so we only ended up paying $12. Mr. Sloth was pleased and I felt great about the decision. Everyone was happy.
After dinner the family headed to a local grocery store for a fantastic deal. Last week they had a deal that if you bought 6 boxes of cereal you'd get $10 off at the register and a coupon for milk and eggs. It was a great deal! This week the deal was if you bought a certain ham you got a turkey breast, breakfast sausage and eggs free! Fantastico!
Mr. Sloth picked up pork for this weekend, we got the 'meal deal, and our milk coupon was enough for two gallons and the egg coupon was enough for 1 1/2 dozen. So we got, pork, ham, turkey, sausage, 2 1/2 cartons of eggs and two gallons of milk for only $22! It felt great. So now we have a thawed turkey next door waiting to be cooked tomorrow. We have another full turkey, a ham, a turkey breast and pork shoulder in the freezer. It's nice to have food in the freezer.
I haven't really worked out the details about making a Turkey dinner tomorrow when we have to be at CCD by 6:15pm. I'll save those details for the morning.
I tried to wake up at 6am but I went to bed with a headache and it only got worse as the night went on. At 7am Demand came in to let me know her clock said "7" and right on cue Happy perked up in his crib. It took all I could to get out bed and take the kids downstairs. I worked through the extreme pain to throw some food in front of the kids, take some Motrin, and start the coffee.
I laid on the couch waiting for the pain to stop while Demand joyfully ate her breakfast happy that we had milk again. By the time my coffee was ready I was able to be upright but it was still slow moving for about an hour..ok, maybe more. I don't recall actually doing things but by lunchtime everyone was dressed (not well but we were dressed). I had bathed, beds were made and laundry was started. Whenever the kids would play I would work on de-cluttering. I made great progress filtering through the filing cabinets and cleaning out my desks. I'd randomly grabs some clothes from my closet or dresser to either store away or give away and in unfortunate circumstances throw away.
Demand had class today but our car was in the shop (of course it is, we're broke that's when cars need repairs) so she got a ride from a friend (which she loved). With Demand gone for two hours I had more chances to be productive. However with Demand not napping today and Happy waking earlier than usual it was a long afternoon.
Around 4:45pm I realized that I no desire to eat lasagna for a third day so I made an executive decision to order pizza. Thankfully there are $10 pizza deals now so we only ended up paying $12. Mr. Sloth was pleased and I felt great about the decision. Everyone was happy.
After dinner the family headed to a local grocery store for a fantastic deal. Last week they had a deal that if you bought 6 boxes of cereal you'd get $10 off at the register and a coupon for milk and eggs. It was a great deal! This week the deal was if you bought a certain ham you got a turkey breast, breakfast sausage and eggs free! Fantastico!
Mr. Sloth picked up pork for this weekend, we got the 'meal deal, and our milk coupon was enough for two gallons and the egg coupon was enough for 1 1/2 dozen. So we got, pork, ham, turkey, sausage, 2 1/2 cartons of eggs and two gallons of milk for only $22! It felt great. So now we have a thawed turkey next door waiting to be cooked tomorrow. We have another full turkey, a ham, a turkey breast and pork shoulder in the freezer. It's nice to have food in the freezer.
I haven't really worked out the details about making a Turkey dinner tomorrow when we have to be at CCD by 6:15pm. I'll save those details for the morning.
Monday, March 1, 2010
Rough Start
I've tried starting a new system where the kids can't get up until 7am. Months ago my sister in law showed me how she gets her three year old to nap, etc so I tried their system with Demand. She has a digital clock in her room and when the first number says "7" she can leave her room. It's been working pretty well. She usually comes in our room after 6am but if we tell her to go back to her room until 7am she agrees. Happy has to stay in his crib, happy or not. He's starting to be ok with it though...that is until today.
Our children tend to wake up at exactly the same time. 6am. My goal is wake up at 6am and have an hour to myself to shower, dress, and pray (and start coffee) before the kiddos get up and start demanding things. Today Happy woke up at 6am and when I rolled over to get Mr. Sloths opinion I noticed he was gone and then I heard the garage door. Good for him! I thought, he's going to the gym. Then I heard a rustling in our room. I turned expecting Demand to be looking at me and found Mr. Sloth in the doorway. His shoes were in "Happy's" room and Happy was awake. So I started to get up while Mr. Sloth waited for Happy to fall back asleep. While I was downstairs attempting to pray/wake up I started to hear the distinct sound of pacing. I headed upstairs to see Demand leaving our room (not a good sign). I walked in to find Mr. Sloth walking Happy back to sleep.
The gig was up.
At an early 6:30am we all headed downstairs. It turns out Mr. Sloth tried to make his move only to find Happy awake and the gym shoes not in the closet. So Mr. Sloth scratched going to the gym and jumped in the shower. Meanwhile I started working on breakfast earlier than planned. It didn't help that Mr. Sloth had dumped the left over coffee that I thought was waiting for me and we were all out of milk, butter, and eggs. Breakfast,was a challenge. I finally persuaded the children to eat mini bagels with cream cheese. They were reluctant at first but ended up eating four of them combined all day.
From that point on Happy was a crabby pants. Demand was even saying it before I was. If I left his side, he fussed, if Demand played with his toy he fussed. Nothing seemed to please him. He ended up taking a random nap from 10:45-11:30am which only led to a much difficult nap time. Demand however took the cake at nap time. It took over and hour to get Happy to sleep once I heard him wake up I came upstairs to find Demand playing in the nude with my bedroom door open (giving me the hint that she had woke him). Plus I had left a tap dispenser in her reach and she severely taped one of her toys.
Argh!
That said I did manage to get a lot of purging and cleaning done today. I spent a lot of time coming up with creative snacks and meals. Tonight was grocery night so we just had to make it through the day. At the end of the day we all had full bellies, the kids, exhausted went to sleep easily, and after getting groceries for the week I even had some time at adoration.
Moral of the story. We survived today and for tomorrow have more ammunition....milk, snacks, and coffee!
Our children tend to wake up at exactly the same time. 6am. My goal is wake up at 6am and have an hour to myself to shower, dress, and pray (and start coffee) before the kiddos get up and start demanding things. Today Happy woke up at 6am and when I rolled over to get Mr. Sloths opinion I noticed he was gone and then I heard the garage door. Good for him! I thought, he's going to the gym. Then I heard a rustling in our room. I turned expecting Demand to be looking at me and found Mr. Sloth in the doorway. His shoes were in "Happy's" room and Happy was awake. So I started to get up while Mr. Sloth waited for Happy to fall back asleep. While I was downstairs attempting to pray/wake up I started to hear the distinct sound of pacing. I headed upstairs to see Demand leaving our room (not a good sign). I walked in to find Mr. Sloth walking Happy back to sleep.
The gig was up.
At an early 6:30am we all headed downstairs. It turns out Mr. Sloth tried to make his move only to find Happy awake and the gym shoes not in the closet. So Mr. Sloth scratched going to the gym and jumped in the shower. Meanwhile I started working on breakfast earlier than planned. It didn't help that Mr. Sloth had dumped the left over coffee that I thought was waiting for me and we were all out of milk, butter, and eggs. Breakfast,was a challenge. I finally persuaded the children to eat mini bagels with cream cheese. They were reluctant at first but ended up eating four of them combined all day.
From that point on Happy was a crabby pants. Demand was even saying it before I was. If I left his side, he fussed, if Demand played with his toy he fussed. Nothing seemed to please him. He ended up taking a random nap from 10:45-11:30am which only led to a much difficult nap time. Demand however took the cake at nap time. It took over and hour to get Happy to sleep once I heard him wake up I came upstairs to find Demand playing in the nude with my bedroom door open (giving me the hint that she had woke him). Plus I had left a tap dispenser in her reach and she severely taped one of her toys.
Argh!
That said I did manage to get a lot of purging and cleaning done today. I spent a lot of time coming up with creative snacks and meals. Tonight was grocery night so we just had to make it through the day. At the end of the day we all had full bellies, the kids, exhausted went to sleep easily, and after getting groceries for the week I even had some time at adoration.
Moral of the story. We survived today and for tomorrow have more ammunition....milk, snacks, and coffee!
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