When it comes to days like this, its sure good to laugh and not get too stressed out about it. Because if I took this life too seriously, I just might be completely crazy by now...
I wrote this email to Denise yesterday morning, hoping to give her a little laughter too, here it is!
The kids have to leave the house at 8:45 to catch the bus to school. Today I woke up at 9:00. (This is right up there on my list of "Top BAD MOM Moments.") I went out to the living room and told them to get dressed. When they stopped to chat with me and take their time getting to their rooms to change, I told them they should probably focus on getting dressed because school had already started. I've never seen two kids get dressed, get their shoes and coats on and get out the door as fast as they did! Of course, the entire 4 minutes that it took them to get dressed, Archer was wailing because he hates being late. BUT, here's the funny part.
Elijah was walking funny and I realized he HAD to have a diaper change RIGHT NOW. Usually takes less than a minute but this one was BAD. He laid down on the floor in the bathroom and when I grabbed the ends of his pants legs to pull off his pants, I also grabbed a handful of POOP! Gross! It was a thick layer all the way from his diaper DOWN HIS LEG!! This was too much of a mess for floppy little wipes, I had to put him in the tub and clean him up. All the while Archer is wailing. My hand is covered in poop. And at some point Shelly starts wailing too because "I DIDN'T EAT BREAKFAST!!" Got the boy cleaned up and just barely dressed. Grabbed a package of Ritz crackers, jumped in the car and then had a moment with the kids.
"Listen, I know you're upset. But I can't let you go to school when you're hysterical. You have 2 minutes to calm down." Sped out of the driveway, raced to school, and dropped them off. Somehow, I think they were only 10 minutes late, after all of that. And I saw some moms talking outside and really wanted to catch up with them, but did I mention, my hair was sticking up all over the place? And I was still wearing my pajamas, the ones with the light blue cloud print... And E had no socks or shoes, not to mention neither of us had coats. Well, that was our morning!
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Starting holiday vacation a day early? Maybe Archer and Shelly will watch the clock now and act as a backup alarm? Must have been a late night with working on some China imports? Hee hee hee. Thanks for sharing your adreneline filled start to the day...
P.S. Nice jammies.
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