So much for doing what I'm *supposed* to do...
Hannah went to another birthday party/sleepover last night (for the second Friday in a row) and so had post-party letdown today. Its quiet in here, and Jordan is not playing with her, and she only "sort of" wants to play with me. So after much picking and bickering, I decided to add another child to the fun. I called my friend Cindi (who has been the kids' daycare provider for several years) and asked if her 7yo daughter would like to come and play for a couple of hours. The kids and I went to pick her up, and Cindi mentioned that it was too bad there was no place to go with the kids since she was convinced that the three of them would wake up sleeping David if we went back to our house. The kids were in orbit by this time, on seeing Cindi's daughter, so the talk wandered around to Jungle Java in Canton. For those who have never seen one of these, it is a huge indoor play structure with a coffee/snack bar. http://www.junglejavaplay.com/map.htm
Two and a half hours later we drug our exhausted kids out to the car for the trip home. My two were in bed by 9pm, after snacks, etc, but I will pay for the late bedtime tomorrow...lol They normally go to bed at 7:30pm, *every* night. They have no concept of "sleeping in". If they sleep until 7:30am I will be ecstatic.
From where I sit I am still staring at the "stuff" that has to be re-located to put up a Christmas tree. The kids were anti-help today in getting anything useful done, although I did get about 4 and a half loads of laundry done (who wears all these clothes, anyway???), and played with each kid for a significant period. Playing with my kids is very high on my list, but with Christmas severely compressing my timeline, I do feel guilty about not getting stuff done in that direction. Of course, I should give myself a little slack. David slept pretty much from the time he got home from work today until I got the kids in bed tonight. He helped me move a table into his shop downstairs which is now Santa's workshop until after Christmas, and he is now in the shower and will leave for work in about 15 minutes. Did I mention that I *hate* the shift he works?
Grump, growl, grrrrrr... I'm going to go stick my face in a book for 20 minutes...if I can stay awake that long. Maybe if I get some actual sleep tonight I can be civil *and* useful tomorrow. Ya think?
Two and a half hours later we drug our exhausted kids out to the car for the trip home. My two were in bed by 9pm, after snacks, etc, but I will pay for the late bedtime tomorrow...lol They normally go to bed at 7:30pm, *every* night. They have no concept of "sleeping in". If they sleep until 7:30am I will be ecstatic.
From where I sit I am still staring at the "stuff" that has to be re-located to put up a Christmas tree. The kids were anti-help today in getting anything useful done, although I did get about 4 and a half loads of laundry done (who wears all these clothes, anyway???), and played with each kid for a significant period. Playing with my kids is very high on my list, but with Christmas severely compressing my timeline, I do feel guilty about not getting stuff done in that direction. Of course, I should give myself a little slack. David slept pretty much from the time he got home from work today until I got the kids in bed tonight. He helped me move a table into his shop downstairs which is now Santa's workshop until after Christmas, and he is now in the shower and will leave for work in about 15 minutes. Did I mention that I *hate* the shift he works?
Grump, growl, grrrrrr... I'm going to go stick my face in a book for 20 minutes...if I can stay awake that long. Maybe if I get some actual sleep tonight I can be civil *and* useful tomorrow. Ya think?
posted by JustMomma @ 12/17/2005 09:47:00 PM
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