the almost practically perfect day
of course there were hiccups along the way but that is to be expect with three children 4 and under....like sweet pea crying for the duration of her first nap.... (and granted i was not the one that woke up on the couch with the newly three-year-old as my sleeping partner) but i had an almost perfect day.
breakfast as a family.
boys & sweet pea had waffles.
daddy made me his newly mastered scrabbled eggs
(tip my hat to mark bittman's 30 minute eggs).
took little bit and sweet pea to library.
peanut had an ice skating date with daddy.
daddy dropped off peanut for school.
passed off little bit for him to have pizza date with daddy.
home with sweet pea for lunch & nap.
while she slept, i finished a book, organized kid area, put away christmas decorations, finally finished clearing out the corner near my desk (two-month undertaking), pulled out baby girl clothes to send friend, had a cup of tea.
nap time ended with not a happy baby.
but....boys all came home.
then left on errand.
sweet pea and i vaccumed.
then she fell apart.
cried through her dinner and bath.
so..... in jammies..... we snuggled in the rocking chair for a quiet twenty minutes.
pay off for an hour of tears.
boys came home with a new TV and blue ray player that has hooks up to netflix streaming & pandora. this is so cool!
baby girl asleep.
boys played with new TV.... i made baby food.
watched an episode of the bbc's planet earth series.
fought the boys to get to sleep.
dinner date at home with hubbie.
wine, homemade mushroom ricotta ravioli, roasted beet salad with yummy cheese & toasted walnuts.
late to bed since we started rolling pasta at 9:15
actually conversation
and now up for my training run in this morning.
lots of things were hard about the day but it was almost perfect.
at least in the phase of parenting, babies, diapers, tantrums, and life.
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