A little peek into my day - a photo essay!

10 p.m.
My son, John Travolta! This is actually just two nights ago, despite what you may be thinking with the Christmas jammies and all.

We actually DO put him in bed at night, but he stays up and plays, or in this particular case READS, for quite a while.

When I happened upon this scene, I actually was quite frightened...he looked...well, he looked...TOO STILL. But then I heard some snoring.

Hubby said he felt the urge to draw a chalk outline.





9:30 a.m.
So here is my daughter, who today had the honorable title of Maker of the First Mess of the Day!

What you see on her cheeks, nose, mouth, hands, and shirt is BLUE playdough, coated with BLUE sidewalk chalk. My girl, she is color coordinated.

She (may have) ingested some (an unknown amount of) playdough...all I know is, we started with 3 cans of playdough, and when we cleaned it up, it only filled 2 cans. Hmm.




11 a.m.
She's jumping up off the couch and landing with a bounce on her bottom. Yes, I let them do this.

It keeps both her and G (who joined in once he realized I was taking pictures) entertained for like, 10 minutes at a time. You know what I can get DONE in 10 child free minutes? A lot more than I could do in 10 minutes before I had children, that's what.

And, look how much freaking FUN she is having. Her hair is FLYING. Her mouth is SQUEALING with delight.

When's the last time you had THAT MUCH FUN falling on your hiney?? (Not counting any times that involved tequila.)


12:30 p.m.
Lucky I captured this lovely creature before the meltdown that happened when his sister kicked it down. What do you MEAN you don't KNOW what it is??? Fine, fine, I'll spell it out for you, jeesh...

HELLO, it's a BRONTOSAURUS! The tall, skinny part is it's NECK, the big part in the middle is it's BODY, and the long part extending from the back is it's TAIL. Didn't you take the Mom Class on 'Interpreting Toddler Art'?

GGGRRRRRRRR. Blogger is not letting me upload the rest of my day! I still had 5:00, 6:00, and 7:30 to go! I'll post Part II as soon as the computer is feeling ready to cooperate...I KNOW you will be on the edge of your seat with anticipation!