DAY THREE: Wensday

Today's WORDS:

Cranky

Speed

Prayers

Disappointment

Rejuvenation

Beautiful

ROUTINE of the Day:

1:15 AM: Rana wakes up in coughing fit - give her H2O and cuddles then lay her down with a blanket on our bedroom floor

2:30 AM last time I check the clock, Rana does not stop coughing

3:00 AM: Ellie wakes up from a coughing fit and waddles into our room with her blanket and Hippity {favorite stuffed bunny that never leaves her side}

3:08 AM both girls are coughing so I go down stairs for Children's Tylenol, drug the kids, rock Ellie and put her back in her bed,

somehow Hippity stayed in our bed

4:18 AM last second time I check the clock

5:30 Gary's alarm goes off and so does his temper {he apologizes later tonight}

7:10 wake up to Ellie crawling back into my bed,

we get up, skip making the beds cause I'm too tired

and head down stairs for breakfast

7:40 check email to find out preschool is cancelled for the day

{this day is not getting any better & it's not even eight yet}

8:00 realize I forgot to get a present for the birthday party at 9:30

8:40 get girls dressed, decided to not show the house

today cause I'm too cranky to clean

9:05 get girls in their shoes, go upstairs & change answer machine to

no showing today

9:06 phone rings -BLOCKED CALL- mommie! jump for the phone cause

I need a pick-me-up

9:07 hang up phone, it was a realtor wanting to show the house at 11:30ish. Wish I could scream and yell and throw a tantrum like my girls,

say a prayer instead and run downstairs

9:10 got a show on for the girls {12 Dancing Princesses}, set timer for 1 hour and 30 minutes then start to clean like a mad-women {madmen don't clean}

11:15 finish cleaning, get girls in the car and realize

we have missed the birthday party

11:16 start to cry, say another prayer and head off to....why not Target.

12:20 get home, see the Realtors card and catch a wisp of hope, make lunch

1:45 play for a bit but everyone is breaking down so I send us all to bed

1:50 Ellie is asleep, I pull out my scriptures and read to the girls in my bed. We are reading in Exodus about Moses, the girls love this story!

2:00 Last third time I check the clock, we all sleep...finally

3:45 wake up & play, do some laundry, and start waiting for Gary

4:20 take a walk to the mailbox

5:50 Gary gets home & I warm up Sunday night leftovers

6:00 eat dinner

6:30 Missionaries come over for a quick lesson

6:50 Gary & Missionaries leave for new member lessons, I let the girls watch a movie in their room, a special treat for a long rough day

{really a moment of quiet clean-up time for me}

8:00 Gary gets home girls come down to cuddle on the couch,

its so sweet we let them stay up

8:40 make 4 cups of hot cocoa to weigh their tummies down,

say family prayers and get the girls into to bed

9:15 Gary heads to bed I start this and finish cleaning up

10:10 still hear the girls, sign them one more song

& start 2nd cup of cocoa for me

10:58 actually finish making that 2nd cup of cocoa, realize I am really slow at this whole blogging thing and I hate how when I load pictures a line gets placed between everything I have already written.

There has to be a better way to do this.

11:27 I want to be done with this. Thanks Alie Edwards {in a nice sarcastic kinda way} for saying, 'hey link up you favorite shot so I can see it. Do you really read all the links anyway? I'm going to bed...after I link this up

Favorite CONVERSATION of the Day:

ellie: "mommy I go potty."

me: "Not here baby, please not here. Come on lets go to toliet."

{we jump down from the chairs and run to toilet with her little hands in mine}

me: "okay sit."

ellie: "I eeze {squeeze}, mommy!"

me: "Yeah."

{I'll spare you the rest cause well...will just finish off with the last few bits}

ellie: "I poop mommy, I eeze, Ellie do it!"

me: "Yahoo! Baby Doll. You can have two Jellybeans for that."

ellie: "tank u mommy"

BEST Moment: I love reading scriptures with the girls. Normally this is done after Ellie has fallen asleep for her nap and the girls and I are having quiet time. Sometimes I get to snuggle with them in bed while I read to them because I want everyone to take a nap. Today was such a day. This completely rejuvenates me!

WORST Moment: This moment took a full hour and 37 minutes to complete. Cleaning up today to get the house ready for a showing was an absolute low for me.

Today's object of AFFECTION: My new mugs from Joann's. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE them. I love that they are white. I love the texture of the little bumps. I love the flat knob on top of the handle and I LOVE them filled with a hot cup of Cocoa! LOVE 'em.