The changes in weather have led me to thinking about my life in regards to my daily and weekly activities. IRL rather BLAH but on the internet… I am actually busy! Yesterday alone I chatted with my brother’ s girlfriend Cindy, Kathy, Ken while he was at work, that night I had a confab with Xinny before bed and exchanged emails with Karyn. That is not including the tons of emails I get daily and read and often contribute to with my two main egroups – Twin Moms and Multiple Blessings. Of course if you actually look at what I do AT HOME … well I play with my kids, clean, work on Christmas stitches, cook, watch tv… change bums, wipe tears, discipline… not exactly going out with the girls but fulfilling on many levels all the same.
I swear the weather is teasing me, it is another blustery and cool day today all these doldrums will lessen when I can get us out the door. I plan on going out as many mornings as possible. That way the kids will come home worn out and ready for a nap. Right now all the twins want to do is play with their scissors and paste which is wonderful but more than a bit of a pain when the baby is up and wanting to join in. I would like to get them some moonsand for Easter… apparently you can vacuum it up but it works much like play doh or mud.
I really need to figure out by the end of the month when we are going to have the twins’ birthday party. I am thinking a weekend in May. What I want to do is have everyone meet at the pool for an hour or two and then back to our place for cake and ice cream and presents. I am torn between Thomas the Tank Engine and Backyardigans for the theme (decorations). I was thinking May or July but James says July is really hard to get off when working at the hotel and I would love to have my brother and his girlfriend here.
Naptime is going well… not so much with the napping but the kids playing quietly in the bedroom with a couple of books and their teddies… I am not going in as often and Emanuel seems to be sleeping pretty well during his naptime. I wish they WOULD sleep as yesterday’s horrible behavior in the late afternoon/early evening was definately a result of being tired. Zander gets so rough with Emanuel when he is tired which causes Emanuel to cry and then Gavin to be stressed so mommy and daddy are stressed and then the whole place is in an uproar… fun fun fun.
Still no word on Ken going back to night shift… I am trying to do as Ken asked and not worry but I am so used to being in control of the money – I was for the years before the twins were born. I just really want us to get out of the hole we dug and move forward. Ken works so hard I just wish it paid more. In a perfect world… I am putting alot of hope behind this pc parts site. I have been telling everyone I know and trying to think of ways to advertise. Maybe if it starts to bring in enough cash we can pay for add space on some of our favorite webcomics. Optimism right?
Shopping is done… twins in bed… now all I have to do is work through the enveloped to send out the kids’ pictures once we get Emanuel’s portraits… my hand is sore already!