My Day with A,E,I and O

Well today was busy and interesting to say the least! It started out at 4:20 am with Owen waking up to be fed and then not wanting to go back to sleep easily in his own bed. So I brought him to ours which I knew was not the best idea. See I wanted to get up at 6:00 am to get a shower and be ready to start the day before the girls got up. But I know that after 6:00 Isabelle could be joining me in my room at any time, and if Owen were in the bed then it would be hard to protect him from his loving 2 year old sister who likes to steal his passifier. So from 5:30 on I tried to get sleep and sure enough Isabelle joined Owen and I shrotly after 6:00 when I was still hitting the snooze button. Then in came Emma and I headed off to the shower with Owen in the bouncy chair right by the shower, Emma “protecting” him from Isabelle and Isabelle looking at books on my bed. A good start to the day. Well I don’t think you want to read all the details of my day but I want to share some of the insaneness with you, so I shall do it quickly

7:30 – woke Addie and headed down stairs with the girls to get them breakfast – had to sit and feed Owen before I could eat myself

8:20 – became referee and discipinarian when A and E began fighting in their room (someone pulled someone elses pants down and then someone else began screaming at the top of their lungs!)

8:50 leave to drop off all girls to school

9:10 run into preschool with E I and O all crying and screaming because they are cold in the 18 degree weather with massive wind included

9:20 realize in preschool hallway today is parent teacher conferences, how can I fit that in?

9:25 leave preschool parking lot trying to hurry to make it to O’s 9:30 Dr apt

9:40 Dr apt for Owen and he wets all over the scale for fun!

10:20 leave doctors and try to race back to preschool to make it for parent teacher conference (Brian ended up making it whew!)

11:15 pick E and I up early to get A and go to dentist apt

11:50 pick up A

12:20 dentist apt. A and E head off to get there teeth cleaned and I take I and O to the bathroom to change diapers – end up staying in there a LONG time since O has had an explosive diaper that is all over himself and his clothes

12:30 trying to clean O and keep I out of the tolet!

1:00 trying to get A E I and O out of the Dr office A is busy coloring O is in his car seat E is in the bathroom and I is all over the office messing with stuff

1:10 McDonald’s drive through

1:50 drop off A at school

2:00 back home take forever to get everyone and everything into the house and out of the car

2:10 I to nap

2:20 bath O to get all the poop and pee off! And got part of dinner ready to cook
3:00 feed O and read to E

3:15 E plays in the living room and O and myself take a quick nap on the couch (much needed)

3:50 A arrives home

4:00 A E and I all get baths or showers

4:30 trying to get them all dressed and hair brushed

5:00 working on dinner while O crys, I is starving and crying, A is trying to do homework and E is in a timeout on the couch for talking rudely

5:40 Brian arrives home YEAH!!!!!!!!!

6:00 dinner – at dinner A has an attitude and we have to work on that
6:30 reading with Dad while Mom cleans the kitchen
6:45 Brian leaves for college meeting while we do living room cleanup

7:00 brushing teeth – A trys out her new timer and flossing

7:15 reading praying and singing (trying to keep O happy and I from crawling all over me while Mom reads books that are over I’s level but her sisters love)
8:00 A E and I are in bed and Mom heads down stairs to clean up one project she picked to get clean today

8:00 – 9:00 O wants to be held

9:00 I sit down to type my blog while holding O

So there is my day. Not the craziest I have seen but exhuasting still the same. I am waiting for Brian to come home and then plan to watch a taped show with him while sipping hot chocolate and oh of course feeding O – a mother of four’s day is never done