a day: January 24th

12:36
Theodore wakes up and wakes Eva.  A few kisses and Eva is fine.
A few sways in the room and some back pats and Theo is back down.

3:12
Theo wakes up screaming and somehow Eva sleeps on.
We rock and rock and I get him back down at around 4:00

5:10
I have to go to the bathroom - I don't think I ever really fell asleep.

5:30
He is up for good.  Giggles and "Hi, momma!"
We head downstairs for a diaper change.
I do a dangerous-item sweep of the living room getting the water glasses and pens from last night
.

Water on for coffee and getting him a cup of milk.

Impatiently waiting.

Coffee parts: beans and the aeropress

6:25
Eva's up for the day and she brought her friends, Owlie and Elephant.

Here's your  brain.... well, my breakfast.

7:00
We eat.
Cereal and yogurt for the kiddos.
I eat bites between fetching dropped spoons and filling empty cups.

7:50
Breakfast cleanup.
Kids are playing and kind of sharing so I head to the basement to get laundry going.
It is diaper wash morning because I didn't do it last night.

9:15
Daddy's home!!
Eva begs to play Mario Kart on the Wii.  She loves to watch daddy race.
Theo tries to add difficulty by catching the race cars and I fold laundry.


9:45
Theodore's hiding in the tunnel while squealing.


10:30
Eva is refusing to be changed from her princess nightgown - or dress as she is calling it.
It is going to be snowing all day and freezing.
Her birthday party was today, but we moved it to tomorrow because if the weather.
I decide she wins - PJ's all day.


10:40
Step on this little guy and chase him all over the kitchen floor.
I dropped it so so many times trying to trying to get it to the trash...
Thought it deserved a photo.
Hi, little tiny bean.


11:00
Michael goes to nap and catch up on some sleep after being up at the hospital half of the night.
Theodore helps me start lunch.


11:30
Lunching.
When he's done, Theo usually turns his plate upside down.
I snack on some nuts while the kids eat.

12:00
Change Theo and put him down for his nap.


12:15
Switch the laundry.


12:30
Put Cinderella on for Eva.
Workout and get a shower.


1:30
Eva's reading and watching princesses...
while wearing a princess gown and pretending to be a princess.
Her kind of perfect morning.


1:45
My lunch.
Leftovers turned into a big salad.


2:03
Eva is watching it snow.
And snow and snow and snow.


2:45
I hear giggle and talking.
Theodore is awake.


3:30
Kids are sharing and playing together.
I tell Eva good job sharing. She says, ''Theodore doesn't want the trains I want, so its easy."


4:15
Michael's up from his nap, so I head out to run errands.


4:22
Donuts for tomorrow from the Goodie Shop.
They are still warm... so I taste test.


4:25
Bookstore for the birthday books.
The kids get books for every birthday, holiday, big moment.
It's tradition.


4:50
Grocerym run and back home.


5:06
Mad dash to dinner.
The kids are hungry and being patient is not an option.
There were times where I was stirring with one hand and holding Theo with the other.
Also times where I put him out of the kitchen to open the oven - he screamed and screamed.
Dinner time is nuts and today is a particularly bad day.

5:55
We are eating and the little people are calmer.
Michael and I try to have a conversation.
Between hearing Eva's new jokes and Theo just yelling to get her to laugh...
we start about 30 topics and finish none.

6:45
Dinner's done and we take turns cleaning up kids and clearing table.
The floor gets swept and kinda-mopped.
I am guessing Theodore has a 40/60 rate with food - 40% in mouth and 60% everywhere else.

7:00
I start cleaning the kitchen and start the dishwasher.
Michael puts on a show for the kids.
Tonight it's Bo on the Go.  It makes Theo dance.


7:30
Change kids into PJ's - or in Eva's case - into clean PJ's.
She is happy to be in another princess night gown.

7:45
Brush teeth and read story.
Theodore doesn't make it to the story - he's in bed and out in minutes.
Michael reads to Eva and she is soon in bed.

8:30
Eva wants one more song and her back scratched.
She's falling asleep while I sing so I think this will be the last call we get tonight.


9:00
Michael samples his first round of his home brew.
It's an Octoberfest and probably one of my best Christmas present ideas ever.

9:15
We clean up the living room and I head to bed.
By the time I finish my before bed routine, Michael is up getting ready for bed.

9:45
Both in bed.
Commenting on how early we have been going to bed lately.
Hope the kids sleep through the night.
Forget all the half-finished conversations we meant to finish from dinner and fall asleep.

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That's it.  A typical day - a Saturday in the Bixler house.
It is a weekend day, but Michaels schedule makes the weekends like regular days a lot of the time.

Glad I finally did this - and I have been meaning to for a long time.
Julia's been inspiring me for quite a while - and I finally followed through!