A Typical Evening

Fridays are unofficial movie nights - unless we have plans (and we usually don't). So Fridays go a little something like this...

4:00pm - kids get home from daycare. Snacks. Playing in the living room (i.e. pouring every toy they own onto the floor). Music. Dancing, gymnastics on the couch, screaming, at least one tantrum and at least one time-out.

5:15/5:30 - dinner... which usually includes negotiation (i.e. eat 2 more bites and you can have dessert and/or Griffin, eat something other than frozen peas please).

6:00 - bath time! This now includes Griffin peeing on the potty before he gets into the bath (woot!). Which, in addition to making me hopeful that potty training won't be a huge PITA, also means G no longer pees in the bath.

6:15 - movie! Tonight was Lilo & Stitch - which was the kids' first viewing. They didn't want to watch it at first, but quickly got into it. The four of us snuggled on the couch, Sissy with her head on B's chest and Bubba curled up beside me.

7:30-7:45 - end of movie - cue kids dancing around to the cheesy music at the end of the movie. Then Bryan teaches the kids "pantsing", which they think is HILARIOUS and then they demand to be pantsed. Griffin figures out how to pants himself and then runs around with his pajama bottoms around his ankles, laughing hysterically. Penelope asks B to imitate a character from "Phineas and Ferb", which he does to thunderous applause from the peanut gallery. Kids do somersaults off the end of the couch, twirl around the living room, and run from one end of the room to another copying some pseudo-karate moves one of their daycare friends must have shown them. Kids do.not.stop.laughing until Mommy makes them brush their teeth.

7:45-8:00 - reading, kisses, bed.

Just a few seconds

Class started yesterday (for me) and it's quickly becoming the straw that broke the camel's back. So I think I'm going to have to give up housework in order to keep my sanity (haha, like I've done housework since G was born - not).

But while I have a few seconds I thought I would give a quick update.

Penelope started gymnastics today. She had fun leading my Dad around (he comes with us so I can nurse G while P plays) and ended up taking a 3 hour nap that afternoon so I've decided that gymnastics is the best thing EVER. She refused to do half of the activities, but it takes her awhile to warm up to new places so in a couple of classes I'm sure she'll be all over the place.

We're going to get her into swim lessons this summer so that will be fun.

We're thinking about switching G to a goats milk based formula (I'd make it myself) but will try chiropractic work to see if that helps resolve his bowl issues before we switch again. Luckily we have some wonderful mamas who are donating more breastmilk which helps reduce the amount of formula he gets. We're so luck to have such generous friends!!!

Darn, it already almost 10. Sleep trumps the desire to update so I'm going to go to bed. I have 3.3 of my 4 assignments done for the week, but that last .7 of that 4th assignment will be writing intensive... and the rest of this class will be writing heavy as well, so it may be awhile before I have the time or energy to update. This makes me a little sad since I use this blog as a baby-book of sorts.

I'll try to squeeze in a post here or there to keep everyone updated on how the munchkins are doing...