February 10, 2006 - Finally Friday

Alright, I called my sister on Wednesday and she says "Why don't you start a Blog?" "A WHAT?" I ask. I know that now being in my almost middle 30's technology is starting to get away from me a little bit but a BLOG??!! How was I to know that it was a hip term for a diary that I would be OK with the entire world having access to? Didn't I spend my whole childhood trying to keep my diary from being read?

Since I now live about 3000 miles away from all family and most friends I thought that this might be a good way for everyone to keep up to date on my crazy life. I have all the good intentions of keeping in touch by phone (at best) or by e-mail (at worst) but really, I seem to do a whole lot of NEITHER!!

I suppose I could blame it on the kids...or Jim...or work...or the laundry (that is completely taking over my house by the way)...or the dishes (no, can't use that one as Jim does the dishes)...or the fact that there are just not enough hours in a day. OK, that is the one I am going with. I DON'T KEEP IN TOUCH BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN A DAY (and there are 3 hours less if you live on the West Coast :-)!!

So, I hope that everyone will forgive me and now we can all get on with our lives and maybe this will be a better way to keep in touch.

I love Fridays!! Bryden (4) goes to pre school 9 - 12. The boys and I get to stay home. Landen (5 months old today) slept 9 - 11 and Hayden (2) and I watched a Thomas the Train movie and had a sing-along session with the "Wiggles" guitar that he owns. Good thing no one could hear us...I am sure that I was singing off key and you can't understand most of the words that come out of Hayden's mouth.

After we pick up Bryden we eat lunch. Well, we eat lunch after we go to Wendy's drive thru and get chicken nuggets, fries and sweet tea (remember that I live in the "South" now). Whoever (or is it WHOMever...you pick the correct one) created chicken nuggets should be given an award. Mothers all across North America might not be able to feed their children if it was not for that fabulous food!!

After a great lunch it is my favorite time of day. NAP TIME!! I am blessed that all 3 children rest at the same time...some days they don't all sleep though. I use this time to get some work done on the computer and attempt to start thinking about dinner. I have a baby monitor in my office so that I can hear everything that is going on. The monitor's are also walkie-talkies. Bryden has not figured out how I can hear her or where my voice is coming from when i tell her that I am sure she does not want me to have to come upstairs.

As I type Hayden is singing (and I use that term loosely) about Choo-Choo's. Did I mention that he is ALL boy? Loves anything with wheels - "Fava Trucks" (firetrucks) and "Peace Cars" (police cars) are the things we love to see when driving. Back to naptime...I think that Landen is sleeping. I only hear heavy breathing so I assume that is him. He has started to roll over now (a 3rd mobile child - lucky me!!) and will do it in his sleep and then wake up because his arms are flailing. So far so good though. Bryden usually does not sleep but she said that she didn't feel well and asked to go to bed. She put her Cinderella dress on and collected up all her Dumbo's (every elephant stuffed animal that she has is named Dumbo) and climbed under her G.G. blankie and has gone to sleep.

I also love Fridays because I don't have to go to work. Maybe that isn't the right way to put it as I think that I actually have to do quite a bit of work. I don't teach swimming lessons on Fridays so I don't have to leave my home to do any work. I know that one day Friday is going to mean that I get a babysitter to stay with the kids while Jim and I go out for dinner and a movie or something. Here is a sad statistic...since having children Jim and I have been to exactly 1 movie in the theater TOGETHER. I guess that we have brought it on ourselves having 3 children in 5 years but I would NOT give those kids back for anything and thank goodness for Blockbuster :-)

Well, I suppose that I should think about getting dinner started before the natives start to stir. Once they are up it is a constant whirl of chaos until bedtime at 8pm. So until the next time that I have 15 minutes so write...