Tomorrow has to be better!!!

So, here’s how my day went.

Slept until almost 9.

Awoke to Gage telling the neighbor kid that he couldn’t come to the playground to play b/c his Mom was in bed and he had to watch his brother in the mornings.  That definitely won me the “lazy homeschool mom” award.  Sleeping that late is not the norm, but kids sure have a way of wording things, don’t they?!

Then, Gage realized the school kids on campus were out of school b/c it’s Spring Break for them.  Therefore,  I spent the entire half of my day battling with Gage over why he had to do school before he could go out.  It took us 3 hrs to do what would normally take us 1 1/2 hours.  Gage doesn’t do well with taking a whole week off at a time from school.  So, when the other kids are out, we still have school.  I just try to finish it as quickly as possible so that he has a good amount of time to play.  And, having school year- round allows us the flexibility to plan trips or take random days off.  I’m hoping that he will begin to understand this soon.  We’ll see.

Once Gage was done with school, he went outside and I was really relieved to have some time on my own.  Shea was napping, the house was quiet.  Ahhhhhh…..really nice for a little while.  Then, Shea wakes up and I hear him in his crib playing.  I decide to let him play for a while as long as he’s happy.  After about 30 minutes of hearing him play, I went in to get him.  As soon as I opened the door, the stench overtook me.  He’s sitting in his crib with poop in his hair, under his nails, and smeared on the sheet!  Wonderful!  I instantly went to the bathtub and started running the water.  When I went back in to get Shea, he was saying “uh-oh”, and he continued saying that all afternoon.  Anyway, that was my day.  My plan is to get up early tomorrow so that I can avoid some of the issues I faced today.  Sleeping late just isn’t worth it.  Not sure when I’ll learn that!