Current Mood:

Aah, coffee. Thank you, Mother Nature (but why should I be surprised, she totally gets it, being a fellow mother and all).

So, today's plan is basically to repeat yesterday, but do it a little better. I can get the house relatively clean, but I have a hard time keeping up with the laundry. Luke is a clothes monster. He will dirty anything and anybody that comes within shooting range. Love the kid, don't get me wrong. But he can do some serious damage to the clothes.

Besides housework, I need to spend more time with the kids individually. Wrenn wants to do "schoolwork", which is so easy to do if I can just make myself sit down with her. She has workbooks that she loves, and I need to foster that desire to learn more. We'll be doing actual homeschooling with her in the Fall, so these practice sessions are a good start.

Eli could use some one on one, too. I think I'll try to play with some blocks or something with him today, while Wrenn is occupied elsewhere. He is much more self sufficient than she is. Just give him a truck to push around, and he's in happy land. I don't want to forget about him because of that, though.

They basically play with each other most of the day, or follow me around while I do stuff. But I am a firm believer in "Entertain Yourself". I think it's important that they not depend on me to keep them occupied every second of the day. I have to be careful though, that I still spend quality time with them. They need that, and so do I.

It's funny how up and down I still am these days. One day, I'm feeling like the world is beating the crap out of me, and the next I'm thinking, hey, I can do this! I'll be glad to get to a point where life levels out a bit. It will, won't it? Please? Or is this just life with three?

Well, coffee's cold, and it's time to get out of my jammies, so that's all for now.

The day awaits. Let's see what we can make of it.