Today marked the first day of our 2nd full week with the kids in school. This new normal is being worn like a shirt that doesn’t quite fit. We don’t not like it- Scorch loves school, the Bean is starting to and I’m enjoying having the house to myself- but it doesn’t feel quite right yet. I’m sure that’ll come with time, but right now the mornings are still a tad too rushed, I’m still trying to find the best way to work around the kid’s school schedule and the kids are flat out tired at the end of the night.
Monday’s are our most fun night and our most tiring. I work 6 am – 2:45 pm so I don’t have to work after I pick the kids up. The weather has been great, so the kids and I go to the park for an hour before going to swim lessons. After lessons, we get home around 5:30, the kiddos have their baths and we all eat dinner so we can start bed time around 6:45. Tonight the kids were more cranky then usual thanks to them waking up at 5:30 am, so I did what any smart mom would do to get us though the last few minutes before bedtime. I showed my kids YouTube videos of cats doing funny things. This one was our favorite– Scorch laughed so hard he got the hiccups.
Then I gave them the last bits of the homemade brownies we snagged from my parents last night and read Alfred’s Nose. It’s a book about a dog, Alfred, who doesn’t like his tiny little pug nose and the fact that his tongue sticks out, so he decided to disguise himself. The pictures are awesome and we all laughed so hard we had to read it again when the Hubs came home from work.
All in all a great night, I just can’t wait until this starts feeling routine.
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Completely random and off topic, but the Hubs and I went to the movies this weekend and saw Warrior. I didn’t know anything about it except that it’s about two brothers who are Mixed Martial Arts fighters, so I had no idea what to expected. Both the Hubs and I were completely blown away- we loved it! There is a fat ton of MMA action in the movie but the stories were so well down and the fighting sequences, while brutal, were amazing. It may be the best movie we’ve seen all year and we see a lot of movies!
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We’re struggling to adapt to new routine too. One kid in AM school two days a week, the other in PM school three days a week. It’s kind of a mess right now. I told myself I have to give it at least four weeks before I start making sweeping statements about how it’s nooooottt wooooooorking 🙂 Oh, and I saw your tweet about school germs. I always think I blow it out of proportion, but two weeks in, like clockwork, we have two snotty noses. Sigh. Hope this week got a little easier for you guys!
I was hoping since Scorch has already been in school that we’d all be immune to the germs. Turns out he may be- he’s the only healthy one. The rest of us are carrying a box of tissues with us everywhere we go!
Good luck to you guys- hope things become routine this week!