Above photo was the scene at 10:00 this morning. The photo does not even come close to capturing the mayhem that was my life at that moment. The boys had gotten into my gift-wrapping stash and gone haywire with the yellow and orange spools of ribbon. Braydon left the house early this morning to attend to some business at work. The boys were up and at 'em at 7:00 sharp and for whatever reason they were going-going-going NON-STOP from 7-10:00, while I tried to supervise the activities to keep destruction to a minimum. In such periods my primary concern is their safety. Secondarily I'm concerned about the health and well-being of our two cats. Third in my list of priorities is the condition of the material possessions in our home. Every day is crazy-making with these two. No doubt about it. But it seems to be the case that some days are just more exhausting than others. No rhyme or reason. Just is what it is. And today was one of those days. By 10:00 a.m., when Alex arrived, I said to her, "Alex, honestly, I cannot believe it is only 10:00. I feel like I've had an entire day already. And I haven't even gone to work yet." At that moment the boys ran into the kitchen with the ribbon fiasco in full gear. Kyle, completely naked, was "dragging" Owen, still in his pjs, by the neck/throat. I couldn't tell if Owen was laughing or choking (turned out he was laughing), but I grabbed the camera, clicked once (the shot above), kissed the boys, and said, "Have a good day Alex!" and retreated to my office. After lunch Alex took the two rascals to Musikfest (click here). Lord only knows how she has the gumption to do all these things with them -- but God love her for it (God knows we love her for it). And THANK YOU LORD FOR ALEX. AMEN. When they returned home Kyle was beaming with his first ever face painting (even I, in my exhaustion, had to admit that he was incredibly cute in his face-painting-Elmo-sheer-happiness). He reported they had "played drums," "heard music," and "jumped" in a moonbounce thing. And ~~hallelujah~~ Owen -- butterfly face painted and all -- had fallen asleep on the way home in Alex's car. They were both in bed by 7:00 tonight, despite Owen putting up his usual waaay-too-tired-"I caaaaaaaaaan't go night nights"-fight. And currently Braydon is off to pick up take out burritos. I gotta end this post now so that I can go mix up some margaritas. Hopefully that will take the edge off. And then hopefully we'll both be sound asleep before too long. Tomorrow starts another crazy day around here.
Monday, August 06, 2007
Some Days Just Are More Exhausting Than Others
Posted by Heather at 8:05 PM
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Bless your heart! I have had those kind of crazy days also, and I have to admit they are exhausting!
do they deliver wine where you live?
Craps, don't here either.
I was tired reading the post. ha ha. Hey, the offer still stands on Friday for you to join us. We are spending the night. I forget how far you are from my little end of the world...
I had one of those days yesterday, almost brought a Mommy to tears.
Have acouple of margaritas and numb the memories of the day.....
Oh come one.....join us....it would be TOO much fun.....just a short trip down. Ed's coming, too, so he can help watch all the twins while we girls go get a drink(s)...Did I say (s)? :)
You know what? You're right. Unless you have twins (and work) like we all do, you just have NO idea....
(invitation is open to the very last minute....)
Take care,
Cindy
Oh boy does this post sound all too familar....my kids are also up at the crack of dawn, loving the nude, act like they have just consumed a pot coffee even before I have finished my first mug of the day....(shaking head & laughing)
Love the post, love your blog....thanks so much for sharing!
~Mandy
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