My five and six year old boys now have a digital clock in their bedroom. It was given with the strict instructions that they were NOT to come out of their room in the morning "until the first number is a SIX." Well, at 3:00a.m. they began coming into our room. Every twenty minutes or so for the next three hours, despite threats to their very lives, they continued to sneak in and wake us up. They wouldn't go back to sleep because they kept watching for that 3 to turn into a 6 (obviously having no concept of the hours in between).
Hubby finally gave up trying to sleep and went to work. I tossed and turned and barked and growled and finally got up myself, feeling as if I hadn't slept all night long. As soon as I fed the kids their allergen-free, organic, gluten-free cereals with rice milk, I loaded them all up (half of them still in pajamas) and we drove to the Chick-fil-A drive-thru where I ordered a most delicious sausage breakfast burrito and a LARGE Dr. Pepper.
The new baby (now 11 weeks gestation) didn't like that very much and I thought I was about to lose my breakfast as we turned into our subdivision. We made it into the house where the chalkboard "To Do" list tells me to de-clutter the kitchen and scrub all the marks off the walls with the ever Magical Mr. Clean Eraser. My in-laws are coming tomorrow to spend the weekend, my three year old turns four and needs a gluten-free cake with Maple Cream icing made for him. Did I mention half the kids are needing their noses wiped every few minutes?
Naptime will NOT be optional today. Thankfully, the 80s cartoon from the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" tv series is due to arrive from Netflix in the mail. Aahhh . . . I am so looking forward to an hour of relative peace, interspersed with laughs and exclamations from my own little mutants of "Awesome, Dude!"
I may have to try the clock thing, my 6 yr old is pretty good at reading a digital one and when they all decide 5:30 is wake up time...I'm just not ready to jump out of bed yet!! Anything after 6 would really be nice :)
How is your pregnancy coming? Hopefully you're feeling well.
My faith teaches me that the calling of Christian homemaker, wife, or mother is just as holy as one to "full-time ministry."
I am a mom of seven children ages eight and under seeking and sharing helpful tidbits learned during this season of life. May we glorify and enjoy Him each day!
:o),
Moms4Psalms
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Thursday, December 20, 2007 - Absolutely Amazing