A Good Day

I worked at the bowling alley last night so I only got home at about 11:00 and still had to shower and get things ready for today. I finally got to sleep a little before 12:00, and Tyson was up at 2:30. Before I knew it, my alarm was going off, and it was 5:50, time to get up and get ready for work. I forced myself to roll out of bed. Thank God today is our school marathon fundraiser (we take the students on a walk around Melrose), so it was a jeans and sweatshirt day. I finally got myself ready, and pulled the boys out of bed, one by one and strapped them into their assigned seats in the car. Grabbed myself a Dr. Pepper, and we were on the road. This is how most mornings go. Rushed. Thank God, I can take the boys to daycare in the pajamas, and she gets them dressed there. Most mornings, I literally pull Kayden out of bed and put him into his carseat. So, after all this rushing, we get to daycare, it takes two, sometimes three trips from the car to the house, and then a few quick hugs, a kiss or two and I'm out the door. There was one thing today that WAS a little different. As I walked out the door from daycare, I heard Kayden say, "Have a good day Mommy!".
Thanks, I think I will. =)

A few is better than none, right?

I added a few pictures to my post about Kayden (you'll have to back to "older posts") . I'll work on adding more this weekend ;)

I can't find my mommy!

We spent the weekend at the "Pink House". All in all, it was a good weekend, although the time went VERY fast! We had an interesting incident Sunday morning:
Tyler and Tyson were awake by 6:30. Since we were in the camper, and Kayden wasn't awake yet, I decided that the two little boys and I would head to my parent's camper so that Kayden could sleep until he was ready to get up. (Mike was gone hunting). So, at about 7:30, we headed to my parent's camper which was about 15 feet away from ours. I took the monitor with me, so that I could hear Kayden when he woke up. He always yells for me when he wakes up because he is on the top bunk and needs help getting down.
So, we were in my mom's camper for about half an hour when someone knocked on the door. It was Amy and she was carrying Kayden! She found him in the cabin, crying because he couldn't find me. I had the monitor on, but apparently it wasn't working. He said he yelled for me, but I didn't come. So, he climbed down from the top bunk (he will demonstrate this for you if you ask him), got his "hunting boots", put one on, but couldn't get the other on. Opened the camper door. Closed the camper door. Walked to the cabin (one boot on, the other in his hand) wearing his pajamas, opened two doors to get into the cabin and walked around until Amy came out of the bedroom and found him walking around crying. She asked him what was wrong and he said, "I can't find my mommy!". I'm pretty sure it took Amy a few minutes to wake herself up enough to figure out what was going on. She carried him back outside, to Grammy's camper and found me there. I'm still in shock as to how he climbed down, got his boot on, opened all those doors and found Amy.
I'll be buying a new monitor.

What? No coupons????

It seems like I never shop without coupons or gift cards these days.  I look forward to getting the Sunday paper so that I can check out what's on sale in the coming week.  Yes, I've become "that mom".  Side note---Don't worry mom, I haven't gotten as extreme as your good friend E.G. yet ;)  Last night I went to Target, knowing that diapers were on sale, and I'd get a free $5 gift card if I bought two boxes (my favorite kind of sale) and formula was also on sale.  Before I left the house, I failed to check my diaper supply to see what sizes I should get.  I have a stash of diapers in my basement in various sizes.  Some that Tyler and Tyson wear now, others that they'll grow into.  So, I decided to get a box of the next size up for Tyson and a size that Tyler is wearing now, because I figured, if I have too many of that size, I can just save them for Tyson.  So, I came home with two boxes of diapers, three extra large containers of formula, a Halloween bucket for Tyler's treats (since we only have one, and this year Tyler will need one), and a $5 Target gift card.  You would not believe how hard it was for me to go through the checkout and use no coupons.  Although, I did have a $5 gift card that I had gotten the last time I bought diapers ;)

Lists

I'm kind of a "list-writer".  To-do lists, shopping lists, packing lists, goal lists....

This weekend we are heading to "The Pink House", AKA, Eric's cabin.  Packing for a weekend away with all three kids is always a challenge.  Although, it's become second nature for me, since we are ALWAYS going somewhere.  Weekends at home are rare.  In the summer/fall it's much easier than the winter.  This is because in the summer and fall we are usually camping on weekends.  Now that we have our own camper (which I am SO happy we do), I can leave many things in the camper, and just pack clothes and food.  

Last night, Amy and I headed to Target, Wal-mart and Sam's Club.  Our goal was to get the groceries we'd need for the weekend.  We didn't have a list.  We must have said at least 5 times, "We should have made a list!".  I'm not sure why I didn't.  Oh yes, I have NO time these days!  So, we wandered aimlessly around Wal-mart, and Sam's Club, grabbing the things we thought we'd need, and making decisions as we went.  We, obviously ended up with lots of things that wouldn't have been on our list, had we made one.  =)

So....when we got home from our shopping trip, I made a list.  A list of things for Mike to get at the grocery store today.  Today (when I should be grading papers and workbooks) I am making a list.  I will be packing everything for the weekend tonight.  I have listed the food I'll need to pack, the food I need to prepare tonight, the clothes each of the kids will need, the extra "stuff" the kids will need.....

Now, as long as I don't forget to put anything on my list, I should have it all packed and ready to go before I go to bed tonight.  We'll see.  

"Garbage Sale"

With Pioneer Days happening in Albany, there are LOTS of garage sales, and lots of garage salers.  So, Amy and I decided to try our luck at having a sale of our own.  First, we had to talk Eric into letting us use his precious garage.  

We didn't expect to make millions.  We agreed that we wouldn't take any time off work for it, we'd just be open when we could be there.  We set things up Tuesday and Wednesday night, and opened the doors Thursday afternoon.

Also, I forgot to mention that my Grandpa (a professional garage saler) brought a bunch of man junk and set up on one table, and the lawn.  He made more money on the first day, than the rest of us made the entire weekend.  

So, our significant others complained, about how much work a garage sale is, and how it's not worth it.  

They quit complaining when they saw how much we/they made.  Some of us made more than others.  Some of us spent more than others.  They told us to take whatever we had left on Sunday and head straight to Good  Will.  We put everything in boxes, and we'll try again in May at my house ;)

We tried to explain to them, that we have fun doing garage sales.  We get to hang out together for a couple days.  We get to laugh, read magazines, and watch our junk disappear, and make a few bucks.  They don't understand.   They never will.    

Sleep Deprived

Why doesn't Tyson sleep at night?  Why did God spoil me with Kayden?  Kayden slept through the night at 4 weeks old!  Tyler and Tyson---not so much!  At about 11 weeks old, Tyson was sleeping well.  9:00 until 6 or even 6:30.  Now, he's up between 12 and 1, then again at 3, and 6.....ugh!  I will take any help I can get.  Advice?  Encouragement?  Drugs?????

P.S.---yes, I get up with him every night.  Me.  Not his Dad.  Don't even ask....