Yesterday started out lazy. I'm not sure who got more sleep that night. I tend to think that Tanner did. I know that I got into bed at around midnight. I know that Georgie woke up shortly there after. I know that about half an hour later Reagan woke up. I tried to console her and helped her climb into my bed, but no, she wasn't happy. I went to find her blanket, her Minnie, her pacifier as her wailing got louder and louder until she finally woke Georgie up. So, I spent the next hour trying to put Georgie back to sleep. When I finally succeeded, Reagan woke up as I crawled into bed and started whimpering, so I got up, put Georgie in her crib and snuggled Reggie until she fell asleep. I looked at the clock wearily and saw it flash 3:30. I closed my eyes and heard the front door open. There was the usual banging of Tanner coming home, and I waited for the noise to subside. I heard him crawl into bed and murmur red goodnight to him. Which he promptly did. I listened to his snoring, tried to get comfortable with Reggie kicking me in the ribs, and wearily closed my eyes again. All too soon, I heard Georgie crying. I looked at the clock and it read 4:30. I shifted Reagan, picked up Georgie, and decided to sleep upside down so that Reggie's kicks landed on the shins instead of my stomach. Fell asleep. Woke up at 6:30. Fed Georgie. Fell asleep. Woke up at 8:00 to Katie shaking me and asking for breakfast. Told her to eat yogurt. Fell asleep. Woke up at 8:30 to Georgie's crying. Fed her again. Fell asleep. Woke up at 9:00 to Reagan crying. Kicked Tanner. Tanner got her breakfast. While I tried to fall asleep but couldn't because she was crying the entire time which woke Georgie up for good. Laid in bed wondering if there was a God as Georgie climbed on top of my head, rolled down to my feet, pinched my tummy and acted like a baby. Tanner came into the room, took one look at my bloodshot eyes, decided that coffee was not the answer and hustled the kids out of the house. I have no idea where they went to, but I had another 2hours of blissful, uninterrupted sleep.
Then, when everyone came home, I tumbled out of bed, got dressed quickly and hopped into the car. One cup of coffee later, I was pepped and ready to go so we hauled the kids to the park, but Reggie wasn't too happy, so we piled them back in the car, got a little lunch and went to another park. Much more successful this time, and I went for a short walk while Tanner finished reading a chapter of American Government. On my walk, I discovered that the Thomas Park pool was open for the weekend, so I ran the 1/2 mile back to the car, got the girls in and we went home to get bathing suits and life jackets. So, the girls had a brief hour of fun at the pool. We would have stayed longer, but it was cool day for Texas and too cold for swimming. It was 81, and just a little too nippy to stay much longer than an hour. Kate was able to demonstrate all of her new swimming skills, and Reagan adjusted to the idea of floating and bobbing up and down in a huge bathtub. Georgie didn't go in because I thought it was too cold for her, so she sat on Tanner's lap while he kept reading his book. So, by 3:00 we had gone to 2 parks and a swimming pool, but I thought perhaps it was time for Tanner to take a snooze, since I'm pretty sure 5 hours of sleep isn't enough sleep.
So, we headed home, got the bathing suits and towels hung, kids rinsed off and dressed and a little snack. Tanner decided to finish up a quiz first, so I settled the kids down with a project and began to make bread. Then when Tanner went to sleep, I nursed Georgie and put her down for her afternoon nap, put Reggie down for hers, and Katie and I made jello. Then I took out soup for dinner. Made corn bread muffins. Put Kate down for a rest, and decided to make cookies. So, I found a recipe for Italian Ricotta drop cookies. Made a batch of that. Served up dinner. Finished up the loaf of bread. Felt like twiddling my thumbs, so I decided to make more cookies. Kate and I made Cream Cheese Ice Box cookie. Poured 3 glasses of milk, piled the cookies on a plate and then we all sat down to watch "Babes in Toyland". And that was our day.
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