Monday... the silence or lack of

Today like almost everyday started around 6am, showers and shouts... nobody moves fast enough or in the right direction at 6 am on a Monday morning. Breakfast, lunches, brush your teeth, get a coat and last minute "Oh I forgot I need this.. or I have to bring this in..." By 7:25, there is a certain silence that comes over the house a hum... Not really silence it is either the wash machine or dryer and as of late the sewing machine. Christiana ( The Queen who spun straw into gold in Rumpelstiltskin) is doing a fantastic job of making wonderful bedding and such for Dot's crib. I will post some pictures when I am allowed close enough to take a nice shot... Right now the velvet ropes and broken glass scattered around is keeping the rest of the clan at bay.

Toots rushes past me numerous times a day while I work, rolling her eyes and carry fabric. With a look of... The work of a very pregnant seamstress is much harder than my job...how dare I sit there typing on a computer, speaking on the phone! I can't wait for the hormones to come back in check in 48 days... ok give or take a few weeks, months... Because then my jokes and smart remarks will once again garner laughter instead of stares.

Toots is feeling worse for the wear from her hectic day yesterday. Her feet kill her, her back kills her, lack of sleep is killing her... and I left something on the floor... She is a trooper, she tries to do so much and never lets it come out how really tired or achy she is... all you have to do is look and you can see behind the glow is a very tired wonderful woman...

Fun of planning dinner... I'm not cooking I have been sewing all day! So it is Chinese food for the Clan.

Th Kiddos had a busy day, between school, softball and projects we were all over the place this afternoon. The big Sis had Softball practice, the little guy had a project for Religion class. Softball starts next week, for both leagues and little guy starts baseball later in the month. (the sports activities will be well documented over the course of the season....) So we have a weekend off next week..... Oh wait, no we don't there is a parade and Easter egg hunt next week. A shower for Toots and lord knows what else on the social agenda of the kiddos. Who says I don't pay attention to what is on the big board in command central???

Getting back to homework... Having to do a religious diorama the night before it is due will invoke the use of the name of the big guy numerous times... as you try to figure out how to make him walk on water while his best buds flounder in a boat...all inside a shoebox... trust me given the tension... I would have walked across a lake to remove myself from the "fun".... Hell I would have drown myself in a lake to remove myself from the "fun"....

The Kiddos are off to sleep the cycle starts again.... 6 AM comes fast... Toots is milling around upstairs, preparing for the fun of the morning... I am sure her and her hormones have found something upstairs that I haven't done, need to do or should have done without being asked...

All in a day of the life... as we wait for baby to make 5!

Before I sign off did you see the dam counter is still clicking away... in 48 or so days the blog will change to discuss how Dot is doing and all the wonders a proud parents loves to send up to friends and family... Until than keep those cards and letters coming in...