This was one of those weeks over here. Eric had Monday off and we were super productive, and then… life. Take Tuesday for example.
Everyone woke up on the wrong side of the bed. We literally ran part of the way to preschool because it was one of those constantly-running-late days. We had to shorten/skip naps because I had a doctor’s appointment for a persistent cough. And I had to update my chest x-ray because I had pneumonia last year, so the appointment took forever.
I quickly picked Oldest up from preschool after my appointment and took him to his early childhood screening (required here before kindergarten). He was tired and not into it–I can’t blame him–and I forgot his registration papers and development questionnaire so I had to do them again there.
Kids weren’t interested in listening to their grandparents read over video call before dinner. Baby was so tired he almost fell asleep in his food, and Child #2 was so exhausted from skipping his nap that he couldn’t help clean up his disastrous bedroom afterwards.
Once everyone was down for the night, I was so excited for my hot, quiet shower… only to remember that I couldn’t take a shower because we’d had a handyman out to fix some bathroom plumbing earlier in the day, and the caulk hadn’t set yet.
So instead I baked muffins to pack in Oldest’s lunch the next day. I made almond flour pumpkin walnut muffins–only to remember that there’s a nut allergy in the school and no nuts are allowed (nice move, Claire, making nut flour muffins with nuts in them -.-). So I made another batch of pumpkin muffins, allergy-friendly, and then put on my pajamas and called it quits for the night!
Phew, that probably could have been a post all on its own. Let’s talk about the good things that happened this week though!… Read More »
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