Bedtime Anyone?

6:30 am
Alarm clock goes off. Mike's already gone, so I snooze it.

7:00 am
Finally stop snoozing, and get Jackson and Maddie up. Maddie's already screaming, so I feed her breakfast. Jackson gets ready for school (with a struggle).

7:40 am
Leave for school.

8:00 am
Back at home with Maddie. Finish breakfast, and Maddie has her milk. I play games on Pogo or a while, then realize that I really want to play the new Operation game...but can't play it anymore unless I buy the download. For now, I stay strong!!

8:15 am
Maddie lays down for a morning nap.

8:20 am
Maddie remains screaming in her bedroom.

8:40 am
Maddie is still screaming in her room. I go check on her, and change a poopy diaper. Back to nap time!

8:45 am
I take a shower and get dressed.

9:15 am
Tidy up the living room, put all the toys and books away, and drink a Diet Dr Pepper.

10:15 am
Maddie wakes up from her nap screaming. She comes downstairs for a snack and play time.

10:16 am
Living room is once again totally destroyed.

10:20 am
Maddie takes every diaper she owns, and throws them all over the house.

10:22 am
Maddie proceeds to the kitchen, where she rummages through the sippy cup drawers and throws every single one onto the floor.

10:25 am
I pick up all the diapers and restack them in her changing table, and also pick up all her toys and books from the living room shelf.

10:35 am
Picking up sippy cups, picking up sippy cups, have I ever mentioned how much I'm sick of sippy cups??

10:45 am
Living room is destroyed again. Maddie picks up her little pink chair and tries to throw it at the TV, but instead it lands on her head. Screaming resumes.

11:00 am
Screaming stops after I rock her for a while.

11:05 am
All sippy cups once again all over the floor, along with half of our tupperware from the cupboards.

11:10 am
Quiet time!! Maddie's eating a few grapes and watching a cartoon while I make lunch and pick up the tupperware and sippy cups in the kitchen.

11:30 am
Lunch time!

12:00 pm
Maddie lays down for afternoon nap time. Tuck tuck tuck tuck! I tried nap time without a paci, and although she screamed for it at first, she was quiet as soon as I left the room.

12:30 pm
Lunch for mommy. I sure wish we had some Diet Coke with chomp ice and cherry ad-in!!

12:45 pm
OK, so I can't take it anymore. I buy the Operation game download from Pogo and play for a while.

1:15 pm
Maddie wakes up from her nap screaming. I go check on her, re-do her tuck tuck tuck, and she falls back asleep.

1:30 pm
OK, so maybe she wasn't sleeping....Maddie gets up from her nap.

1:31 pm
Living room is destroyed, toys and books thrown everywhere.

1:32 pm
Time for another Diet Dr Pepper. I check my email, although I don't write anyone back yet. I've been really bad at getting back with people lately! I promise I'll write back soon!!

1:45 pm
Maddie and I put all her books back on the shelves, except for a few that we keep out to read. Maddie doesn't like the book she chose, and threw it at my head. After seeing stars, we put it back on the shelf and Maddie runs away through the kitchen; she slips on the rug, and hits her head on the kitchen table. Screaming begins.

2:00 pm
Screaming continues...

2:15 pm
Maddie's too quiet now, where is she? I find her in the upstairs bathroom, sitting in a pile of Jackson's tooth flossers. There's also a trail of her hair goodies leading from the bathroom to her bedroom....all fifty thousand hair barrettes and ponies.

2:45 pm
The bathroom and bedroom messes are cleaned up, and we leave to pick up Jackson from school.

3:00 pm
Back home! We all go upstairs and clean Jackson's bedroom and put away his clothes. And keep putting them away, and keep putting them away. I pull out some things that are too small for him, but he kept mixing them back in his drawers. I give up.

3:50 pm
Maddie comes into Jackson's room while we're cleaning, with soaked pants. SOAKED. She apparently reached inside her pants, undid her diaper, and wet all over herself.

4:00 pm
Bath time for Madelyn and Jackson! Someone called me while I had the kids in the bath tub, but I didn't answer. They left a message, I'll check it later.

4:30 pm
Kids are dressed. Well....Maddie's dressed. Jackson's just wearing undies, because he said it was too hot in the house. I hear "Hewwo? Hewwo? Hewwo?" from the next room; Maddie's impression of saying Hello. She's holding my phone, and apparently has deleted my voice mail. Hope it wasn't anything important!

4:45 pm
Grapes and cracker snacks for the kids. Jackson plays his Operation game, and Maddie watches 15 minutes of Curious George.

5:00 pm
Blogging! I suppose I should be making dinner?? Oh yah.... I'm exhausted! Yet got absolutely nothing done today.