Since I can't really find a good place to start... I'll just start with today:
A normal Monday:
8:15 get up {late} scream at kids to get dressed.
8:16 Oil my brand-spankin-new-tattoo as it is burny and unhappy
8:19 Send them back to their dressers for clothes that match
8:30 breakfast, pack lunch, fill out camp forms for Ramona
8:57 leave for Ramona drop off
9:32 started making this blog, interrupted by Baby a dozen times as she proudly wielded her new baby sign for "milk" and nursed for appx 33.4 seconds each time.
10:13 Baby Pooped! {a celebratory occasion for the constipated lil thing}
10:15 Baby Nap! {must've been a tough poo}
10:16 returned to blog, only to be distracted by Facebook {Funny memes!}
11:30 Oil tattoo again. Owie.
11:45 Leave to go get Hulk from preschool
12:20 return home and started this blog post
*** what the rest of the day will look like:
soonish- Make lunch
after that- Baby Nap!
During baby nap- clean the kitchen, living room, and do laundry
3:15 leave to go get Ramona
4:00ish Matt home
4:01ish Kate jumps in shower
5:00 dinner prep
5:45 leave to visit new birth client
5:46 forget my wallet, run back inside
6:00 Matt shovels dinner in the kids
7:15 Girls' dad comes to get them
7:20 Matt takes Hulk and baby back to his apartment
8:00 Kate returns home to Matt's apartment because we stay there during the days the older girls are with their dad.
Mondays are bittersweet... I kiss the girls goodbye for 3 nights and I have to pack up all my stuff to re-home the baby and I at Matt's place. We are easing the children into what a blended family will feel like. This means baby steps:
- Hulk began attending the same preschool as Princess and he is with me in the afternoons now.
- The three nights per week that Ramona and Princess are with their dad, Baby and I stay with Matt and Hulk. This is so Hulk can get used to seeing me in the mornings as well as giving him more exposure to the willfull destruction tactics of a spunky one year old.
- Hulk has begun to stay the night at my house randomly. We let him stay here at his request for a "sleepover" a few times per month. He has his own bed here (in the same place his bed will be located in September when they move into this house) and so far, this has gone swimmingly!
- Matt has stayed over once now, and the girls were excited to see him here in the morning.
We are working towards easing the kids into a blended family. For the most part, we follow their lead and when we notice that one (or some) of them is acting out or tells us that they need more time with just their parent, we oblige. We are taking it day by day and sometimes, hour by hour! All of the children have their own set of changes happening in their life and in their developmental stage so being aware and observant is our number one priority.
And with that, I need to go make lunch! Baby is eating half a chocolate bunny and I'm not sure where she got it... ew!
A normal Monday:
8:15 get up {late} scream at kids to get dressed.
8:16 Oil my brand-spankin-new-tattoo as it is burny and unhappy
8:19 Send them back to their dressers for clothes that match
8:30 breakfast, pack lunch, fill out camp forms for Ramona
8:57 leave for Ramona drop off
9:32 started making this blog, interrupted by Baby a dozen times as she proudly wielded her new baby sign for "milk" and nursed for appx 33.4 seconds each time.
10:13 Baby Pooped! {a celebratory occasion for the constipated lil thing}
10:15 Baby Nap! {must've been a tough poo}
10:16 returned to blog, only to be distracted by Facebook {Funny memes!}
11:30 Oil tattoo again. Owie.
11:45 Leave to go get Hulk from preschool
12:20 return home and started this blog post
*** what the rest of the day will look like:
soonish- Make lunch
after that- Baby Nap!
During baby nap- clean the kitchen, living room, and do laundry
3:15 leave to go get Ramona
4:00ish Matt home
4:01ish Kate jumps in shower
5:00 dinner prep
5:45 leave to visit new birth client
5:46 forget my wallet, run back inside
6:00 Matt shovels dinner in the kids
7:15 Girls' dad comes to get them
7:20 Matt takes Hulk and baby back to his apartment
8:00 Kate returns home to Matt's apartment because we stay there during the days the older girls are with their dad.
Mondays are bittersweet... I kiss the girls goodbye for 3 nights and I have to pack up all my stuff to re-home the baby and I at Matt's place. We are easing the children into what a blended family will feel like. This means baby steps:
- Hulk began attending the same preschool as Princess and he is with me in the afternoons now.
- The three nights per week that Ramona and Princess are with their dad, Baby and I stay with Matt and Hulk. This is so Hulk can get used to seeing me in the mornings as well as giving him more exposure to the willfull destruction tactics of a spunky one year old.
- Hulk has begun to stay the night at my house randomly. We let him stay here at his request for a "sleepover" a few times per month. He has his own bed here (in the same place his bed will be located in September when they move into this house) and so far, this has gone swimmingly!
- Matt has stayed over once now, and the girls were excited to see him here in the morning.
We are working towards easing the kids into a blended family. For the most part, we follow their lead and when we notice that one (or some) of them is acting out or tells us that they need more time with just their parent, we oblige. We are taking it day by day and sometimes, hour by hour! All of the children have their own set of changes happening in their life and in their developmental stage so being aware and observant is our number one priority.
And with that, I need to go make lunch! Baby is eating half a chocolate bunny and I'm not sure where she got it... ew!
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