Marvelous Monday!!

Daddy Piper had work today!!!! And tomorrow!!!!! So with him off to work (thank you GOD!), it was a normal day for us. We woke up, had breakfast, and got started on lessons. S was happy to be involved in the math lesson so he pulled up a chair while L & I did a lesson on coins. J was content to sit in his chair at the table and color. A first for him! He sat there for quite awhile coloring with his new triangle crayons from the Easter bunny :-) We had fun doing the coin lesson then S was bored and wondered off, J was ready to be done coloring so those 2 went to play Legos and L & I finished schoolwork for the morning. We got to read Rapunzel and that was super fun!

We got dressed and headed for the great outdoors. Our weather is darn near perfect right now. I have never pulled the bike trailer. I hooked it up to my bike and did a trial run. Got all the kids on their respective bikes, J in his bike trailer and off we pedaled. It started out ALOT harder than I had imagined. Trying to keep L & S semi-safe while keeping myself and J upright - UGH. We barely made it out of the gate before I got frustrated. I quickly squelched the raging feeling and just had fun. S is doing so wonderfully awesome with his training wheels raised all the way up. L is my cautious child, content with her training wheels in place. They both listened, staying to the right while cars came upon us. We rode for a long time. L was interacting with J regularly so it helped keep him awake. S crashed once, skinning up his knee. Some tears, then Mama's kisses then all was ok. We made it back home in one piece.

Next up was some yummy lunch. The kids ate their lunch while watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse since they didn't get any TV this morning. I took the opportunity to finish some left over dishes from last night and from breakfast. Went back to check on the kids and J was fast asleep. He did manage to finish his fruit and PB&J before dozing off though! He then slept until 4:00!

L & S played outside for a bit before heading off to their nap. I took advantage of that quiet time to get some cleaning done, more laundry, billing done for the business, some reading and lunch for myself. L woke up. She got up just in time to fetch me some water while I was doing my Shred DVD. I didn't keep with it as regularly as I would have liked but I have lost 6 pounds with only 9 more to go!

Daddy Piper got home shortly afterwards. S woke up about the same time. They raced out when they heard his truck hit the dirt road from the asphalt. Unfortunately, he had a bad tire he had to fix before having fun with us. I took the time to run and get milk. All my babies joined in the milk run. Anytime that van leaves the driveway, they think they need to be in it. Back home, made ham for dinner, enjoyed it with the family then it was bath time and bedtime. While the boys were in the bath, L helped me clean the toilets (on the list from my Motivated Mom calendar). After her shower, L wanted to read "The Runaway Bunny". J was in my lap first. He is not a patient book reader yet. He did learn where his nose was though and can say nice :-)All 3 got in my lap to read the book. Thankfully, they are bigger than my lap but there was plenty of room in Daddy's recliner (in fact, I think there is room for one more!). We read the book then it was off to bed. Prayers and goodnights to all. Some monkey play for about an hour and they are finally settled down.

Great day around here. Funny how sending Daddy off to work lends some normalcy to our home life/routine. I just feel so thankful and grateful that he had work today and tomorrow so far. Maybe this is the turn in work we have been praying for!!!!!