What a busy day I had! I loaded the truck with stuff from the garage this morning first thing. At 9:30 the kids and I took it over to the house and unloaded it. I brought them back, did some more chores around the house, made a giant chocolate chip cookie!
I went back to the house alone and finished cleaning the kitchen. Yay! Mom and Grandpa gave me a great headstart. Mom! I used comet on the cabinets and it went much faster. It is amazing what a little hot water and elbow grease can do. Nothing works better, although I do wish there was a chemical I could just spray on and wipe off. :( I unloaded a small load of kitchen stuff while I was there.
When I got home, Tom and I cleaned up the back yard a bit and folded the laundry. Then we headed off to Jake's first gymnastics class. Tom was miffed because Jake didn't want him to take the class too. He insisted on coming with us to watch but then grumbled the whole time about being bored and wanting to join the class. He was completely not interested last week when we signed up, but now that Jake is doing it, he wants to do it too. He has tennis lessons starting in two weeks. Jake was amazing in the class and he loved it. He was the biggest kid there (and they were all the same age) and not the only boy, so he was happy. He came home and showed Grandma and Nikki all the stuff he did. He was very proud to be doing something without his brother right next to him.
When we got home, Dan was working at the new house and Grandma was watching the puppy. When we started talking about the class and Jake was jumping around showing off, the older two dogs got in a fight. I'm not sure what do about these dogs. Kiara (the oldest at 11 years) just attacks Whiskey (1 and a half years) whenever there is any kind of excitement. Now with our new puppy, she attacks Whiskey if the puppy cries or if Whiskey tries to play with the puppy at all. It is just crazy. I have an appointment to have Whiskey fixed on Thursday and I'm hoping that will help ease the tension between them. I'm going to ask the vet about Kiara too. Maybe there is some kind of doggy Valium to help her relax.
We all had leftovers for dinner tonight, so dinner was easy. Chores are done, kids are clean and ready for bed (and frankly so is Mom) and I'm going to relax for a bit before I wrangle them into bed at 9pm. Yes, we have a bed time now. If Jake isn't in bed by 9pm, he falls into crying fits and just can't get along with anyone for any amount of time. This bugs Tom because he could stay up for days without sleep and still be as rude and belligerent as he ever is. :)) But they know they need their sleep and Tom reads in his bed with the book light under the covers until he gets bored (not sleepy, he is never sleepy, since birth).
Tomorrow, we start all over again!
I went back to the house alone and finished cleaning the kitchen. Yay! Mom and Grandpa gave me a great headstart. Mom! I used comet on the cabinets and it went much faster. It is amazing what a little hot water and elbow grease can do. Nothing works better, although I do wish there was a chemical I could just spray on and wipe off. :( I unloaded a small load of kitchen stuff while I was there.
When I got home, Tom and I cleaned up the back yard a bit and folded the laundry. Then we headed off to Jake's first gymnastics class. Tom was miffed because Jake didn't want him to take the class too. He insisted on coming with us to watch but then grumbled the whole time about being bored and wanting to join the class. He was completely not interested last week when we signed up, but now that Jake is doing it, he wants to do it too. He has tennis lessons starting in two weeks. Jake was amazing in the class and he loved it. He was the biggest kid there (and they were all the same age) and not the only boy, so he was happy. He came home and showed Grandma and Nikki all the stuff he did. He was very proud to be doing something without his brother right next to him.
When we got home, Dan was working at the new house and Grandma was watching the puppy. When we started talking about the class and Jake was jumping around showing off, the older two dogs got in a fight. I'm not sure what do about these dogs. Kiara (the oldest at 11 years) just attacks Whiskey (1 and a half years) whenever there is any kind of excitement. Now with our new puppy, she attacks Whiskey if the puppy cries or if Whiskey tries to play with the puppy at all. It is just crazy. I have an appointment to have Whiskey fixed on Thursday and I'm hoping that will help ease the tension between them. I'm going to ask the vet about Kiara too. Maybe there is some kind of doggy Valium to help her relax.
We all had leftovers for dinner tonight, so dinner was easy. Chores are done, kids are clean and ready for bed (and frankly so is Mom) and I'm going to relax for a bit before I wrangle them into bed at 9pm. Yes, we have a bed time now. If Jake isn't in bed by 9pm, he falls into crying fits and just can't get along with anyone for any amount of time. This bugs Tom because he could stay up for days without sleep and still be as rude and belligerent as he ever is. :)) But they know they need their sleep and Tom reads in his bed with the book light under the covers until he gets bored (not sleepy, he is never sleepy, since birth).
Tomorrow, we start all over again!
