Tuesday Stuff

I woke up today with my baby boy nestled into my neck. Life doesn't get much better than that. He woke up, rooted around, found my neck and back off to dreamland he went. It was such a peaceful moment, one which I wished to capture forever.

Now the rest of the day didn't quite go like the wake up did but that's how it goes sometimes.

Daddy Piper and I started the morning off being snippy with each other. Trying times we are facing right now but we are facing them together and that is so, so, so wonderful. We got L caught up on schoolwork after taking a day off yesterday. It is so unbelievably easy for her right now. We are going on Thursday to test her up at least one grade, if not two grades. She is off the charts smart (and yes she did get that from me!). The day did get some better. S participated in lesson time. J napped some in the AM - until he was woken up by the noisy duo. We got some business matters settled so that was a relief. L & S played outside in the water while I hosed down the driveway then they played in the sprinkler while I fixed lunch. They enjoyed their PB&J's while J had black beans, craisens and cheese. He is a bottomless pit these days. Must be his walking that makes him extra hungry :-) After eating and watching Space Buddies, it was time to head to art lessons. S was not going today but changed his mind at the very last minute. J stayed home with Daddy. I dropped L & S at their lessons and got my eyebrows waxed. You know it's past time for some personal grooming when the hubby suggests "getting those things whacked off already". I was able to get some coupons clipped while their lessons finished up. I had a hard time with the conversation during this time though. We are having a hard time business wise - things are slow and it's rough to hear about people househunting, looking for something bigger, others going on vacation. I am just at a bad place right now. I am a crabby friend and I am sorry for that.

So I came home in a bad mood, only to find the kitchen destroyed beyond recognition. There was J's food all over his chair and floor. I was disappointed to walk in and find the house like this. I cleaned it all up and got ready to run for some coupon shopping. I got L&S down for a quick nap and loaded J in the van. We were gone for 10 minutes when Daddy Piper called that he had to go out of town for work. I was floored - WORK?? What's that????? I came right back home. I got his food box ready. This was about 3:30 this afternoon. He ended up not leaving until 6:30, waiting on some equipment to come in so he could go get it and haul it 3 hours South of us. He'll be gone until sometime tomorrow morning. I know he'll be so tired but he should be able to sleep all morning since we'll be gone with our homeschool group all AM.

Talking with the kids tonight while getting them ready for bed. L doesn't know what she wants to be when she's big. S really wants to be a daddy. He thinks being a daddy is the best thing in the world. We are in discussions about Halloween costumes. They think they want to be crayons or maybe AC/DC - no final decision yet : -)