Not much. Our days are very routine. They have to be because time is so precious. I try to do the bare minimum while my kids are awake and spend most of my time with them. One good thing about Corey being gone is less laundry. I can do all our laundry for the whole week in two or three nights after the kids have gone to bed. My other main focus has been health/fitness. I mentioned that I'm doing the biggest loser competition at the gym and we have to keep track of calories and write everything down, etc, etc. Well, so these are my days. Feed Nora. Put her back to sleep. Go back to bed for 20 more minutes. Pry eyes open. Roll out of bed. Breakfast food for all. Write down calories. Gym. Write down workout. Snack. Write down calories. Feed Nora. Nora nap. Shower/get ready. Lunch for all. Write down calories. Preschool/play time/Logan trip/friend's house. Snack. Write down calories. Feed Nora. Nora nap. Dinner. Write down calories. Play/FHE/Scripture story. Bathtime. Storytime. Bedtime. Mommy time. All things randomly and intermittently interrupted with motel phone calls and people checking in. (Not actually too bad though right now because things are really slow. Like, getting-a-little-nervous slow.)
There's a guy that's been staying in the motel for awhile that really likes Nathan. He likes to buy Nathan toys and things. Yeah, I think it's a little weird, too. But, he's just trying to be nice and really misses his family at home, so what am I supposed to say? Anyway, recently it's been all about the Hot Wheels. Which is really all we've been playing with.
We've made track...
...after track...
(Yes, that is a very full garbage sitting on top of the cedar chest. That was always Corey's thing. And I haven't quite gotten to picking up on that job yet...)
...after track...
(Quick shout out to my mama. She came up and spent all day Saturday with us and then went to church with us and spent most of Sunday as well. It was great and Nathan loves his Gwamma. And I love having someone to talk to besides random strangers!)
...after track.
Meanwhile, Nora just played... (See pack-n-play in above picture.)
(p.s. Santa brought us a "My First Trampoline" all set up downstairs. It's been a great energy waster.)
(I couldn't get her to look at the camera long enough to take a good picture...)
...and slept.
I frequently find her sleeping like this...shoved in a sort of squirrelly position with her face smashed against the bumper pads. And in the opposite direction I laid her down in.
I totally woke her up by taking this picture and the worst part was that I didn't get a good picture! Poo! Her legs are out like she was sitting up when she fell asleep. So she was literally folded in half. I'm still bummed that I didn't get the picture. Oh, yeah, I guess it wasn't great that I woke her up, either. Oh well.
In other news, Nathan had a fire truck field trip...
...and that was a lot of fun for him. And it was during Nora's nap time and she stayed asleep in her car seat the whole time, so it was even a little enjoyable for Mommy,too.
Loves to all. And if you read this whole thing, I should make you some homemade bread or something.
1 comment:
That is exactly what daddy needed to see! I loved that so much. Again the kids already look so much better. This is what I needed to see after a long and stressful day! Thanks Mindi for doing this. I know that you made a sacrifice of time to do this for me.
Post a Comment