6:00 am - wake up to two hungry babies, delivered to me in bed by my loving husband
6:20 am - carry two squirrelly babies upstairs to greet two big girls up and already watching a cartoon
6:21 am - grab a cup of coffee, set it out of reach of two babies in the center of the coffee table, and proceed to forget about it
6:25 am - change one diaper while Matt changes the other, set up baby gates and start the day
6:30 am - play Words With Friends for a few minutes
7:00 am - say goodbye to Matt for the day :( and really start my day
7:10 am - begin dressing kids
7:30 am - unload dishes from dish rack, take orders for and make breakfast
7:45 am - jump in the shower very quickly to take advantage of the five minutes of quiet that happens while all four are busy eating. Get interrupted twice mid-shower.
8:00 am - arrive back to the breakfast table to find half of the food on the floor, mostly under Tessa's high chair. Locate two chucked sippy cups slowly creating milk puddles on the hardwood floor. Clean floor and clear table.
8:15 am - finish dressing kids, change two more diapers
8:30 am - start a load of laundry
8:35 am - pick up my abandoned coffee cup and trade it for a cold Coke. Quicky toast and butter a bagel, and throw this "breakfast" in the diaper bag, along with essentials for a day at the park with three kids.
8:40 am - Hurriedly put one minute's worth of makeup on and put my contacts in, while Tessa screams outside the bathroom door.
8:50 am - Gather a baby in each arm, my diaper bag over my shoulder, and order two little girls to follow, and head to the car.
8:55 am - Babies are buckled up, Bridget is taking her sweet time to get into her carseat and Megan is buckling herself in, not quite at the pace that we need.
9:01 am - Start the ignition in the van and the time appears on the dash - what?? 9:01?? Late again! Megan needs to be across town by 9:15, otherwise I'll miss the awesome drive-thru service at her school. Without fail, I am always one of the last cars in line. No matter how fast I think things are moving along in the morning, time escapes me and I'm always caught by surpise at the time as we start backing out of the driveway.
I can't think of any way to save time in our morning routine, besides getting up earlier and cutting out the Words With Friends addiction. Neither of these are acceptable options :)
9:16 am - Luckily, the teachers are still at the curb, and Megan hops out.
9:17 am - Head to Golden Gate Park's Children's Playground. Have used up excuses for not going to the park, and Bridget is due. She is ecstatic and the weather is beautiful!!
9:30 am - Arrive at the park, unload double stroller, diaper bag, and a giddy Bridget who wants to be carried in, but not before she uses the potty in the car. Buckle Tessa into the stroller and attempt to transfer a sleeping Annie into the stroller. Failure. Minutes Annie has slept so far today: 20.
9:45 am - Make our way into the park, and Bridget meanders from the toddler slides to the big kid slides, and from the swings to the sand pit. Let babies loose to walk (!) around and explore. See no less than three other sets of twins, and think (foolishly) how neat that I can talk to some other twin moms today. Make that twin nannies. Ah well. Talk to one mom while feeding cheerios to three kids and futilely trying to keep hats on all three heads.
10:30 am - Try to take some pictures of the girls playing. Have camera commandeered by Bridget.
11:00 am - Head back to the car with Bridget riding on the parent cup holder on my stroller. This works surprisingly well. I don't really care what the nannies think about this as I'm leaving.
11:10 am - Load stroller, diaper bag, babies and Bridget back in the car. Wait while Bridget pees again. Change both babies' diapers. Buckle everyone back in and head back out to pick Megan up from school.
11:30 am - Arrive 15 minutes early to wait in the pick-up line. Tessa falls aleep. Bridget reads a book. I play Words With Friends. Peace.
11:45 am - Our turn in line. Megan bounds in. Tessa wakes up. Minutes Tessa has slept today: 15. Megan unloads her backpack and her school pictures fall out!! Woohoo!!
All of the stress of the morning instantly melts away as I get a peek at Megan's first school picture, all smiles. She had this taken a few weeks ago, and I wasn't expecting a whole lot. Although I think Megan is adorable, she doesn't usually turn it on for the camera. So, I was pleasantly surprised at the result:
What a cutie!
6:20 am - carry two squirrelly babies upstairs to greet two big girls up and already watching a cartoon
6:21 am - grab a cup of coffee, set it out of reach of two babies in the center of the coffee table, and proceed to forget about it
6:25 am - change one diaper while Matt changes the other, set up baby gates and start the day
6:30 am - play Words With Friends for a few minutes
7:00 am - say goodbye to Matt for the day :( and really start my day
7:10 am - begin dressing kids
7:30 am - unload dishes from dish rack, take orders for and make breakfast
7:45 am - jump in the shower very quickly to take advantage of the five minutes of quiet that happens while all four are busy eating. Get interrupted twice mid-shower.
8:00 am - arrive back to the breakfast table to find half of the food on the floor, mostly under Tessa's high chair. Locate two chucked sippy cups slowly creating milk puddles on the hardwood floor. Clean floor and clear table.
8:15 am - finish dressing kids, change two more diapers
8:30 am - start a load of laundry
8:35 am - pick up my abandoned coffee cup and trade it for a cold Coke. Quicky toast and butter a bagel, and throw this "breakfast" in the diaper bag, along with essentials for a day at the park with three kids.
8:40 am - Hurriedly put one minute's worth of makeup on and put my contacts in, while Tessa screams outside the bathroom door.
8:50 am - Gather a baby in each arm, my diaper bag over my shoulder, and order two little girls to follow, and head to the car.
8:55 am - Babies are buckled up, Bridget is taking her sweet time to get into her carseat and Megan is buckling herself in, not quite at the pace that we need.
9:01 am - Start the ignition in the van and the time appears on the dash - what?? 9:01?? Late again! Megan needs to be across town by 9:15, otherwise I'll miss the awesome drive-thru service at her school. Without fail, I am always one of the last cars in line. No matter how fast I think things are moving along in the morning, time escapes me and I'm always caught by surpise at the time as we start backing out of the driveway.
I can't think of any way to save time in our morning routine, besides getting up earlier and cutting out the Words With Friends addiction. Neither of these are acceptable options :)
9:16 am - Luckily, the teachers are still at the curb, and Megan hops out.
9:17 am - Head to Golden Gate Park's Children's Playground. Have used up excuses for not going to the park, and Bridget is due. She is ecstatic and the weather is beautiful!!
9:30 am - Arrive at the park, unload double stroller, diaper bag, and a giddy Bridget who wants to be carried in, but not before she uses the potty in the car. Buckle Tessa into the stroller and attempt to transfer a sleeping Annie into the stroller. Failure. Minutes Annie has slept so far today: 20.
9:45 am - Make our way into the park, and Bridget meanders from the toddler slides to the big kid slides, and from the swings to the sand pit. Let babies loose to walk (!) around and explore. See no less than three other sets of twins, and think (foolishly) how neat that I can talk to some other twin moms today. Make that twin nannies. Ah well. Talk to one mom while feeding cheerios to three kids and futilely trying to keep hats on all three heads.
10:30 am - Try to take some pictures of the girls playing. Have camera commandeered by Bridget.
11:00 am - Head back to the car with Bridget riding on the parent cup holder on my stroller. This works surprisingly well. I don't really care what the nannies think about this as I'm leaving.11:10 am - Load stroller, diaper bag, babies and Bridget back in the car. Wait while Bridget pees again. Change both babies' diapers. Buckle everyone back in and head back out to pick Megan up from school.
11:30 am - Arrive 15 minutes early to wait in the pick-up line. Tessa falls aleep. Bridget reads a book. I play Words With Friends. Peace.
11:45 am - Our turn in line. Megan bounds in. Tessa wakes up. Minutes Tessa has slept today: 15. Megan unloads her backpack and her school pictures fall out!! Woohoo!!
All of the stress of the morning instantly melts away as I get a peek at Megan's first school picture, all smiles. She had this taken a few weeks ago, and I wasn't expecting a whole lot. Although I think Megan is adorable, she doesn't usually turn it on for the camera. So, I was pleasantly surprised at the result:
What a cutie! Seeing this picture reminds me that Megan is such a kid now, and how quickly it seems time has flown since she was my only baby. It put my chaotic morning in perspective. Our life is crazy, and days can seem unending sometimes, but I have to remind myself to enjoy every moment while they're small!
As for the rest of the day, I'll spare you the minute to minute. This little smile definitely got me through it. (Total minutes slept by babies did not change. It was that kind of day...)
3 comments:
Awesome picture! Her hair looks deceivingly long in those pigtails!
Love your minute by minute. My favorite is 6:21, pour coffee and then forget about it. Sounds EXACTLY like me. ANd how long is Bridget's school day, 20 minutes??! Is she in K or Pre K? I could not do a half day preschool. By the time I did drop off, got babies home, changed, fed and maybe a minute of playtime, it'd be time to pick up Zach again! I also love your WWF addiction. ;o) Even though you kick my butt everytime.
Such an adorable picture!!! And you deserve a glass, no, make that a bottle of wine!!
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