I know you guys are dying to read what I have to say, and for once....I have lots to say!
I am a "Day Time Mom" FINALLY!!! Hooray, hazza, Whoop Whoop and a big Yee-Haw
In a nut shell: I quit my day job and started working nights (not even all nights, just 4 nights and a Saturday afternoon/evening).
I get to be with my Lena Bug all day every day from the minute she wakes up until she goes to bed (minus Saturdays). I get to be home when The Brenton walks through the door from school/work, heck we even have had LUNCH together!
Lena and I have been to almost every park in a 20 mile radius, sometimes twice a day. Lena (and mama) have friends to play with! We get to play and nap and play again. But you know what else I get to do now that I am home:
- The laundry
- Clean the house
- Walk the dog
- Exercise
- Cook dinner
- Fight with the 2 yr old if she is having a crabby day/hr/moment
- Fight the urge to just sit the 2 yr old in front of the t.v. all day because she is quiet then
- Organize all those things that I said I was going to but didn't 'cause I was too busy
So far in my happiness to be home I have:
- Had a clean kitchen sink for the majority of the day (first time in 5 yrs of marriage).
- Cleaned the carpets from the winter mud....just in time for the fall rain to start
- Sewed Peanut a dress (it's a spring/summer bright colored dress, but she will wear it all fall/winter, that's what sweaters and tights are for)
- Dusted off the Jillian Michaels workout dvd
- Changed out Lena's summer clothes to fall clothes, this time before fall is 1/2 way over
- Started potty training the 2 yr old Diva! This girl works for m&ms
- Planned out what I am going to be cooking a week in advance, and not once was it cereal
The other pics of her birthday consisted of her with no pants, this is the best I could get...Mickey was MMmmmm good
It's not a summer in Maryland without Crabs dinnerLena didn't agree with the crab dinner, because they were still alive!
Okay she got a little more courageous Pretty in PInk
Okay she got a little more courageous Pretty in PInk