just a normal day

So I haven't been doing anything too blogworthy lately because I have three kids- a new baby, an emotional toddler, and a hyperactive preschooler- and I only have two hands. I would really like to clone myself so that I could accomplish everything that needs to get done in a day, but that's not an option so this is my life right now. My laundry is never done, I change approximately 15 diapers a day, I wipe bums, noses, hands, faces, and tears constantly. I get one meal cleaned up and it's already time to make the next one. My sippycup and bottle supply fills the dishwasher everynight. My clothes always have spit up and sticky finger stains on them. and I'm pretty sure my resting heart rate is somewhere around 130 bpm at all times because I never stop running. Sometimes I cry, sometimes I laugh, today I took pictures of my cute kids and tried to cherish the moments so I could look back and laugh one day :)

THE ROUTINE:

My bed is the first place the kids end up in the morning.

Usually it turns into a trampoline and then a pillow fight starts which commonly ends in tears and is the main reason I don't make my bed- what's the point?

Then breakfast-

Carmyns favorite is pancakes with peanut butter and "LOTS" of syrup!

Paige usually just wants cereal.

after breakfast paige starts to undress.

I cannot keep clothes on this little girl to save my life.

Then she goes through every cubbard/drawer that she can get into and unloads ( if this was my house I would have child locks on everything- but it's not my house and we are just here temporarily so i just follow her and load it all back up :))

Carmyn gets into a princess dress-up, sits in front of the mirror and puts her make-up on and
brushes her hair.
Then she goes through all of my scarves and wears them while she dances and sings Areal songs from The Little Mermaid.
Then she repeats the process with a different dress and a different scarf.
At some point she usually breaks down crying while she is singing because she just doesn't understand why king Tritan is so mean to Areal when he finds her cavern full of treasures, and why the sea witch took her voice away!- Man- who knew these disney movies could be so emotionally draining on a 3 year old!

Meanwhile, Paige has completely unclothed and successfully pulled the cereal off the counter and is helping herself to a midmorning snack. There is cereal trails all over the house by now. Carmyn joins in.

She is proud that I'm taking a picture and laughing instead of taking the cereal away.

and sweet baby Asher is trying to take a nap in the front pack while I do dishes, laundry, and pick up after Paige.
I am still in my sweats and haven't looked in the mirror yet so no I will not be posting a picture of myself.

Chad wakes up at 4:30 am to hit the gym before work and is half way done with his work day at this point.

Now it's nap time- phew! :)

No my kids aren't in designer clothes with perfect hair at all times. I'm usually a good 30 minutes late whenever I make an attempt to go anywhere. But life is good. We have each other, we have a knowledge of Gods eternal plan and I know that my family is forever. I couldn't ask for anything better! ( ok ok- I'd take a maid and Mary Poppins and trip to Hawaii )

and for the record:

I went to college for six years. I've been an ER/OR/Oncology/and Pediatric nurse. I fought thyroid cancer for four years when I was a teenager. None of it even compares to how emotionally draining/heart wrenching/and completely rewarding it is to be a mother.

MOMS ROCK