Reality

So now my MIL has flown home, reality is upon us. No more visits from helpful family, no more meal delivery from wonderful friends.... it's all reality from here on out. And let me say how busy things are with 3 chitlens 4 and under. It's busy, very busy!

Today was fun. We went to storytime at our local library. We haven't done this in a long time. We met the K family there. L had fun - S was sad for part of it for some reason. There is singing and book reading and he was still sad for a spell. He did get better and enjoyed the ending with the bubbles. L seemed to have a grand time with the singing and storytelling and she enjoyed the bubbles too. Then we got to check out some books and a couple DVD's. Unfortunately, their DVD's don't work or our player is broken. We got done at library and loaded in the van (after giving K family some baby oil to get off their mangy tattoos and let the kids play around in the van for a bit). Daddy Piper had texted that he needed to run to PeterBilt to get a part he had been working on since yesterday. We came home and got him and drove an hour to get the part. While we were waiting in the van for him to get his part, Baby J needed to eat and while I was nursing him, S had to potty - AGH! So I took all 3 inside and handed off Baby J to Daddy Piper and took the other 2 potty. Very chaotic. The only good thing about this trip was the yummy lunch at In-N-Out on the way home. We got home in time to lay down for naps. Everyone went down pretty quickly. I had forgotten that a lady was stopping by to get a TS product and she came while I was napping. Daddy Piper tried to take care of it but ended up needing to wake me up. Oh well it was 4:00 by then. I got up and got her the product and then started waking the older 2 to carve a pumpkin finally. I bought a pumpkin a few days ago but this was our first chance to carve it. Daddy Piper had L draw a picture of what she wanted the pumpkin to look like and he transferred the drawing onto the pumpkin. The kids were so funny while carving it. It smelled sooooo bad when Daddy Piper took the top off and the smell was like stinky pooh. L held her nose while trying to help remove the innards and kept saying "disgusting" over and over. S wouldn't even attempt to help, just drove his bike all around the carving site. After the pumpkin was done, I wanted a picture of all 3 kids with the pumpkin. Well this was probably a sign of things to come - no good picture of all 3. At best, it's 2 out of 3 smiling - Baby J wanted nothing to do with pictures, even after being fed. We ended the night with Baby J's bath and then L and S shared a bath with me - that was fun! Then snack, book and bed. I am off to join them for some sleep!