I'm going to bed earlier and earlier these days. I think I'm living child rearing years in reverse. When they were young, I thought it was so easy and stayed up into the wee hours of the morning. All my mom friends were exhausted and didn't know where I got the energy. Now, they are four - and I'm more tired than ever at the end of a day! So, reflecting on this last night when the boys and I all hopped into our bed to go to sleep together (another lonely evening for Jim), I ran through the day in my head which looked like this:
- 6:30am - Alex wakes up
- 7am - Tanner wakes up
- 9am - Big hot bkfst family style
- 9:30am - Off to the park (camera in hand)
- 10:45am - Return from park - off to Costco (wide open warehouse space - so fun with the monsters)
- 12pm - Lunch
- 1pm - Art time (egg container caterpillars - and let me just say this might be the most energy gobbling activity of the day - have you dared paint, clue, scissors, and other art supplies with two active 4 year olds lately?)
- 1:30pm - Roller skating in the driveway
- 2:00pm - Sandbox/Swingset/trampoline
- 2:40pm - Water tag with hose (I just watched though - have fun dad and boys!)
- 3:00pm - Bike ride along the river
- 3:30pm - Playing in the fountains with kids at river park
- 5pm - PEACE! Late nap on mom for 1 hour (happily crushed with 80 lbs of tuckered out boys sprawled all over me and remote in hand)
- 6pm - Back outside - this time to play with the neighbors
- 6:30pm - Dinner (Jim grilled! Yumm!)
- 7pm - Ice cream cones
- 7:15pm - Back to park again/game of follow-the-leader/chase with mom and park full of kids (If anyone is counting - that is 3 visits to a park in 1 day!)
- 8pm - Baths
- 8:30pm - Cuddle time with mom on couch with PJs/watch Veggie Tales
- 9:15pm - We all go to bed
From time to time someone will ask if I work out...I will respond no...and then a daring person may attempt to encourage me to do so for my health. While I've historically just nodded and felt bad, I think the next person that tries that lecture is going to be required to shadow Jim and I for a Saturday in an effort to wipe the 'I'm better than you' smirk off their face!
5 comments:
I'm exhausted just reading about it! If this is what my future holds, I'm in big trouble. Active two-year-olds are about all I can handle! But even though it all sounds exhausting, it also sounds like a lot of fun. Alex and Tanner are lucky to have such active and involved parents.
When ever I would watch Jimmy he would always ask, "Aunt Joanie, can I cut."
It sound ominous, but he loved crafts and cutting and pasting with construction paper.
It sounds like you've got 2 Jimmies on your hands.
The next time someone tells you you should work out, puch him/her right in the nose . . . hard!
How can anyone without active twins recommend the mothers work out? You probably burns three times the calories trying to keep up. I'm with Joan hit them!
Wow! So much fun! You will all have wonderful memories of this great time together. Enjoy every moment. I would punch that exerciser in the nose and talk about how I'm taking up boxing.
My goodness, that sounds exhausting! If that's what we're in for, maybe we'll just get another pet...(just kidding, Greg :)
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