It's Thursday!

So we were up and at them at 6AM this morning and we didn't head back to bed :-( T had to leave for Ohio by 6:30AM and I have so much going on in my life right now I need every spare minute - so I cleaned until the boys got up!! So once I got everyone fed and out the door, CJ and I headed to town to drop him at his school! Then I came back home and Jenn came over and we spent an hour chatting and filling goodie bags. Then I spent the next 45 minutes typing up some lists for the 3rd grade party that I needed to email to Mrs. Bradley and then the last 15 minutes before I left I hurriedly packed a lunch for CJ and I!! Went into town and got CJ and then we headed to Mack Park! We ate lunch with Laura, Chase, Elle, Joshua, Chrissy, Braden, Amy and Alicia - well Chase, Elle, Joshua and CJ ate - the other two went off to play. 

We were there till just after one and then we came home! I sat and typed up the form stating that school district does indeed acknowledge our new PTA and then I called the Administration office to see who I could get to sign it for me and notarize it! I got a quick answer and they were willing to fit me in so CJ and I headed up there! Then we went into East Pike to get some slips from the PTA box and then we came home! The boys got off the bus and then I had to run into the Jr High at 5PM to pick up R. I came home and made spaghetti and meatballs for dinner and then me and the boys ran S to the high school for Madrigal's practice at 7PM. Came home and rushed Little man and Gman through their showers, got all 3 boys in their jammies and then back to the high school by 8PM to pick S up! Once home I sent the boys to potty and then put them straight to bed! Then I sat on my office floor watching Youtube videos and making paper plate "paddles" and blowing up (by mouth) 23 balloons for Balloon Badminton tomorrow!! Now I'm writing this and gonna hit the hay! I am whooped!! CJ and I have some running to do in the morning so I'm gonna turn in!!

Ugh today was such a long day!!

It started with my alarm going off at 5AM so that I could have R to the Jr High by 5:45AM to board the bus for Band Fest, she was going to spend all day in Oil City. Then I came back home and climbed in bed and daddy offered to do both morning shifts for me since I had to get up early. Well he lucked out with S and only had to make her breakfast - no lunch because she was going to be at IUP all day for a choir thingy! Then he got back up with the boys and gave them breakfast and started making them lunched! Little man's was easy because he was going on a field trip today to Yellow Creek park! Once everyone was off I sat down and started going through 3rd grade end of the year party stuff and finally decided to fill out the form I need to use the cafeteria! 

As I was in my office my Oriental Trading order showed up and all 120 personalized pencils were spelled wrong!! WTF!!! So I called them and had them reorder the pencils and express them to me - they should be here by Wednesday! Then Callum and I ran out to ship the wrong pencils back and to drop off the form at East Pike! By then it was almost 2:30PM and I rushed home and exercised real quick. Took a shower and then got ready to go to R's concert! Daddy picked S up at the high school at 3:45PM, came home and I left at just a little after 4:00PM! I had almost a 100 mile drive to Oil City ahead of me! It was the worse drive ever - so hilly and curvy!! I made it on time though and got a great seat and the show started at 7PM, the 6th graders did good - but I literally drove 5 hours to listen to R play for maybe 25 minutes! The concert was done by 8PM and R and I were on the road home! I took a different way home so it wasn't quite as bad but it still took us for ever! We got home at about 10:47PM and I went straight to bed! I was beat!!!

The new normal.

normal routine this morning but once we were done with the girls daddy stayed up because he had paper work to do! I headed back to bed and when my alarm went off at 7:30AM daddy was heading out the door for work! But he made the boys breakfast and finished packing their lunches for me! After I got Little man and Gman on the bus, CJ and I headed out the door to drop him off at school! Then I came back home and walked on the treadmill for 59 minutes and burned 400 calories!! Woo Hoo. Then it was shower time and then heading back into town to pick him up! We then headed to Wal Mart to pick up some "diet" food for me and then I got him chicken nuggets from Mickey's! I just got a fruit/yogurt parfait since we are going out later this afternoon for lunch at the Thai place! Laura invited us to help celebrate Kristi's belated birthday! So CJ and I made a quick stop at Aldi's and then we headed home to put our cold stuff away! Then it was back out to town for lunch! I had my pineapple fried rice with chicken and it was DELICIOUS!!! Laura, Kristi, Shari, Cindy and another lady I didn't know were there. CJ was so good, the lady cook made him a balloon animal (a poodle) and he played with that most of the time and then the man waiter gave him a piece of candy! It was 2:45PM by the time we were done and we rushed home to let the girl's in, but thankfully S remembered her key! Then it was spaghetti and meatballs for dinner for the kids and a sliced chicken sandwich for me. Then I started watching a movie till I had to leave the house at 6:45PM to take S to Madrigals practice - it was only and hour so I stayed in town and ran to Michael's to get a shirt for Little man and then to Wal Mart to get a few things I forgot earlier today! Now I just ate an ice cream sandwich and now I'm off to bed! Going in the morning to get blood work!!

Can you say busy!?!?!

Today was the kid's first day back at school after our long Thanksgiving break and it started with the girls rushing around and almost missing the bus!! Once I got everyone out the door and on the bus I got C dropped off at school and then I headed to Wal Mart to pick up some cough drops - this cough is driving me freaking NUTS!!! I want it gone now!!! Then I headed home and I loaded the dish washer. Got dinner in the crock pot (chicken soup). Got the snack for tonight made (pretzel sticks dipped in chocolate and sprinkles) and then I grabbed a quick shower! 

I ran and picked up C and we came home! I got us both lunch, loaded those dishes in the dishwasher and packed C some snacks and water for both of us and then we headed out the door to the school! I helped all afternoon with the Secret Santa workshop and boy was that an experience!!! C was such a good boy, everyone said so and I was so proud of him!!! We were done at 3:45PM and headed home. I finished up dinner and we ate at about 5PM. I had to drop S off at the high school at 6PM for madrigals practice and then the rest of the kids and I came home and started watching The Santa Clause movie and eat our special snack!! 

Daddy got home at 7:15PM and I had to leave to pick up S. Then her and I ran to drop off my library books. To Goodwill to get shoes and a shirt for R for her concert tomorrow and then to Wal Mart to get milk and crackers for daddy!!! Once back home I made pizza crescents for the kids lunches tomorrow and now I'm laying on the couch typing this and as soon as I hit publish I'm hitting the hay - I am beat!!!