This will probably be the last day where I have to work from home, while caring for Twin Crazy and Twin Husky. It is a bittersweet moment. We have all gotten used to each other, a new routine, and I’ve figured out how to manage work while having them around.
Highlights of the Morning and Commute:
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I don’t remember much different happening this morning, with the exception of Hubby springing on me (at the last minute) that he had to drive to Sacramento for work. That meant that I had to take all kids to all drop offs, which normally wouldn’t be a problem except that the Twins didn’t HAVE a drop off. So this meant that I had to gather all of the kids together and drop of Big Bro at Kindergarten with EVERYONE. That also meant that I actually had to dress the Twins in clothes. It would be a little to much to walk around with kids in PJs. So, we were running late. We miraculously made it to his line-up before the last bell, and I can’t even begin to tell you all of the looks that we were getting from people. “Are they ALL siblings??!??!?!??!” “Yes, they are….”. Big Bro and Red were AMAZING big siblings. They were so proud. Big Bro was actually excited to have everyone in line with him — and he was the leader with our gaggle. We were all following him. He was so proud.
- Four kids
- Then we dropped of Red. Daycare was giving us alot of attention becuase the Twins were dressed in “real” clothes. When I said it was time to go to the Twins, Twin Husky promptly left the room and wandered into the lobby of the daycare center. They are well known there so folks knew where to bring him back.
- We then headed back for my day at “work”
Highlights of My Working Day:
- In terms of work, I arranged and re-arranged several meetings, followed up to secure some presentations, and then was wounded when a Director said that several of our forums were “light” on speakers. How do I secure speakers for a meeting that will happen in less than 2 weeks? Ugggh!!!! So we talked a bit and brainstormed some options. I quickly had to jump on this to set ourselves up for Plan B, C, D to fill out our Agendas.
- In terms of kids, we had fun. We had snacks, played with cars, played with musical instruments, walked outside and talked about the flowers, the birds singing, and also picked some apples. We had lots of apples for snacks, and bananas. Kids took a long nap in the late morning which gave me time to work. Lunch was cute. Hot dogs, broccoli, and tortillas. Then I took out some peaches and the kids went nuts. I gave Twin Husky a haircut (he was so good…. he just sat there eating a graham cracker…. no problem at all). They played with scooters, I read them books, we colored (finally I have some art to save for them). Twin Crazy hurt her foot a couple of times and I kissed it to make it feel better. I tried a pony-tail with her and it drove her mad. Twin Husky climbed on top of the coffee table and stood up and laughed. We sat on the rocking chair together and rested. I loved this time with them.
- Hubby arrived from Sacramento and he offered to pick up Big Bro and Red – and also pick up food. 🙂
Dinner and Bedtime:
- Dinner was outrageously good — BBQ. Everyone ate well. Everyone wanted more mac-n-cheese but they needed to eat meat first. All kids understood including the Twins. Hubby and I drank wine.
- Big Bro kept mentioning a puppet show. He said it was happening tonight. I called “after care” and they were closed. I said I would check the website. “Yeah mommy, check the website.” (weird how these kids know that kindof stuff). Low and behold, there was a puppet show happening at the elementary school at 6:45. But it was 7:00!!!! QUICK GET YOUR SHOES AND SOCKS ON LET’S GO TO THE PUPPET SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ran with Big Bro and Red, while Hubby stayed back with the Twins. We caught the last 10 minutes of the show but at least we got to see the puppeteer and her demonstration on how the puppets work. That was an interesting and out-of-the-ordinary event for us. Just to be cool, Big Bro said that the show was “boring”. Does he have to become such a tough-guy so soon??!??!?!
- All kids went to sleep easily. Big Bro is so tired these days because of no nap. Red gives me a HUGE hug and grabs my arms so tight.
Today was a great day, and this week was a great week. I do hope though that our daycare provider is OK and that her husband is doing OK. I feel bad for feeling so happy for being with the kids because of the circumstances. This was a great week for us. And next week will be a BEAR of a week — the last week that things need to be pulled together since the following week will be a trip to the East Coast for two big meetings. Ones that I will be responsible for and need to facilitate, present, and make sure that everyone is happy. Oh, and also try to scout out consulting opportunities too. The reason why I took on this role was that it seemed like less stress, but also provided me the opportunity to be client facing and sell work. So I need to make that happen or else this will make me bored after awhile.
Have a great weekend everyone; Till next week –
– Mama K
