Can't do it all

Sometimes I forget that I am a working mom. I think b/c I am home 2 days a week that I should be able to get everything done. I have all day to accomplish household chores, errands and trying to fit exercise in, right? I have recently decided however, that I need to cut myself some slack. Granted, I could accomplish more if I spent less time doing things like blogging, but I need some me time and I am not willing to give that up yet. I am trying to be a little more organized. Some things are working and others are not. I used to think that when my kids were older, I would have more time to get things done. But I am realizing that as they get older, they get busier. One more week of soccer. I might feel a little better about things when that is done. It has completely messed with my afternoon/evening routine.
I did get the bathrooms cleaned today, folded two loads of laundry, vacuumed upstairs and even kind of dusted. Oh and went to the grocery store and went on a walk with the girls. I feel better looking at that list. Maybe I will go take a nap:-)

Warms my heart

To see my 3 year old singing worship songs at church. Such a great feeling that she is actually picking up the words and singing along. She loves to sing but I haven't seen her sing much other than Annie songs and recently Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (still 2 months to Christmas- she gets that from her dad).

Not feeling well

It hit me hard last night and I was up all night it felt like. Never had a UTI before and hope I don't get them anymore. I feel I constantly have to pee, way worse than being 9 months pregnant kind of peeing and I just don't feel well today.
But, the kids are at daycare b/c I was supposed to work and called out sick so I have the whole day to myself. I am enjoying it so far.

Amazing events

Today I was able to get princess back to bed. That seems like a silly statement but let me explain. She has been getting up between 5-5:15 the past few weeks it seems. And I am sick of it. I try to send her back to bed, ignore her, let daddy take her, etc...She either refuses to go with daddy, pulls my blankets off, or screams and cries until I give in. This morning, I decided I had enough. So I said no, go back to bed or crawl in bed with me and I rolled away from her. Well, that didn't work, she just kept crying and woke up son. Sigh. Finally, I had an idea. I asked her if she wanted to get dressed and then crawl back in bed with me. Yes, that worked. Maybe all of these mornings have been b/c her pull up is full and she wants to get out of it. I can't guarantee that but from now on that will be my tactic. Change her and send her back to bed. She slept with me until 7:15. It wasn't great sleep but it was sleep. She even woke up once and asked where daddy and brother were, I told her and she went back to sleep. Amazing. I have such a better attitude when I get up at 7 instead of 5.
The second amazing thing that happened today is that the kids ate what I cooked for dinner. Wait, let me rephrase that. I made dinner for husband and I and the kids ate that. I didn't have to make them something different for them like chicken nuggets or hot dogs or something. I just can't figure out how to get them to eat what I make for the 2 of us. It makes getting dinner ready a huge chore b/c I am making a million different things. I know I can threaten that they either eat what I make or go to bed hungry but honestly, they get up early enough as it is, do I really want them waking up earlier b/c they are hungry?
Anyway, I made Glo's chicken, she taught the recipe to me a long time ago. It's super easy and tasty. Cut up chicken breast into small pieces, marinade in zesty italian dressing and a little sweet and sour sauce (I am out of sweet and sour so used a little hot sesame seed oil and that worked well). Pour in pan and cook until no longer pink, drain liquid and put chicken back in pan to brown. That's it. The kids all had second helpings and son had a third helping.
On a side note, I will be so glad when soccer is done. It is completely interfering with my evening routine and it's making us eat around 7 which is just too late.

Facebook

So I have been on Facebook for a year but never really used it. I had one friend who invited me to join to see pictures so I did but never really figured out how to use it. I find it a little difficult to navigate. Husband has heard people talking about it and finding old friends so he joined recently to find a high school friend and he did. So I thought I should start looking into it more and I have found 4 friends from high school that I haven't talked to in over 15 years. It is crazy how it works. I am still figuring it out and I am not sure I like the public aspect of it, if you write on someone's wall, everyone who is friends with that person can see it, so that is a little weird to me. But you can privately send a note to someone and IM, plus you can almost treat it like a blog and put pictures and stories up. I know it's ironic that this blog is public and anyone can see it, but I don't use names here and I have only told certain people about this blog.
Anyway, if you are part of Facebook and I haven't found you yet, feel free to invite me to be your friend.

Honey

I heard about this idea from my friend California SAHM to give your kids a little bit of honey before bed to help them sleep better. (I can't figure out how to link her site here, but look at my list of links and you can find her). I have been meaning to try it for a couple of weeks and decided to this weekend. Well, son gladly took the honey as he loves sweets. Princess absolutely refused to even taste it and Sweet Pea, she tried it, didn't like it but she sleeps good anyway so didn't really need it. Son slept until 7:10 saturday. I can probably count on my hands the number of times he has slept that late. Unfortunately, Princess got up at 5:30. But last night the girls stayed at Nana's so I gave son the honey again. This morning it was 7:15. I feel so refreshed having had a good nights sleep.
I am still going to try it on Princess, am not sure how. I might need to give her a bite of toast with honey on it and try it at dinner. I am not sure how it is supposed to work but if I can get her to sleep in a little bit on a regular basis I might start to feel normal again.

Home Alone

I can probably count on my hands the number of times I have been alone in my house since son was born. I worked half day today and my mother in law has the kids at her house. She offered to bring them back just before soccer so I have all afternoon to myself. It is so odd to be here with just the dog and cat. I just don't even know where to begin to enjoy it. Do I exercise, do I clean, do I take a nap, read a book or leave the house and go shopping kid free (fun shopping, not the grocery kind). I really want to do them all but I don't have that much time. I love my kids and it is hard for me to work extra and not see them as much but after Tuesday, it is nice to have a few moments to myself. I guess I will start with exercise (since I really need it) and go from there.