If you know me very well, you know that I'm a planner. I live by my to do lists and schedules. When I have a break from work, I go into "Super Mommy" mode and try to cram as much as I can into the time that I have off. Spring Break was no exception. Last night, I sat down and planned out something fun for each day of the week and laid out a detailed schedule for today. For some reason, I thought we'd find a way to cram in a super fun activity every day and that my house would be sparkling clean by the end of the week, too. I was ready to go!
As a parent, I guess I should have learned by now that more often than not, life with kids does not go according to schedule. Jacob woke up at 4 this morning. He wasn't crying or fussy. In fact, he was super happy. I tried everything I could think of to get him to go back to sleep. I patted his back, I gave him his pacifier, I even tried making him a bottle....each time he continued to give me that sweet little grin while chatting and laughing. He just wanted to play. I gave in....why not? I'm used to get up at 4 anyway. What made me think I could sleep in on a day off?
Emily actually did sleep in this morning (sleeping in for her is getting up at 7). By the time she got up, I was ready for a nap. At that point, I was an hour behind schedule, but I figured we could still make up for lost time. Who was I kidding? It took us much longer than expected to figure out what to have for breakfast and by then, I definitely wasn't in the mood for cleaning it all up. To top it off...the dog ended up with the runs...not a great start to our day!
I hopped in the shower while Emily proceeded to undo all of the cleaning I had managed to sneak in this morning. I managed to stay calm and we continued getting ready. We were supposed to go to Pump it Up for the "pop in playtime." Of course, Jacob crashed right before we were ready to leave and didn't wake up until Pop in Playtime had ended. Emily was devastated, but I came up with a plan to "save the day" as she put it ~ we could go to McDonald's and have lunch and she could play in the play area instead.
After lunch, we even managed to run a few errands. I was still optimistic. I was sure I could get everything done and get back on schedule while the kids were napping. Of course it took longer than expected to get the kids settled and by the time they got settled, the cable guy showed up.
At this point, the kids are happy as can be, but my house looks like a tornado has hit us and I'm slowly giving up any aspirations of having any semblance of order restored by the end of the week.
As Scarlet O'Hara would say - Tomorrow is another day...and I think I'll forget about the schedules and planning for now!
(Stay tuned for the updates!)
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