I Survived

My first full day with two boys and I survived.  It wasn't terrible, but it was exhausting.  I honestly don't know how stay at home moms do it.  I clearly do not have the stamina.  Tomorrow is Grandma Day and I am so grateful. A few reflections on the day.

• I didn't come close to taking a shower.  I barely set foot in the bathroom all day, and I usually pee a lot!
• I have absolutely no control over when the day starts (whenever Wylie is hungry).
• While I regret that we bought the movie The Incredibles for Finn (too violent), I was happy he was glued to it as I fed Wylie.
  
• Cherish the quiet moments--while Wylie slept, Finn happily cuddled with me and watched his movie.
• It would have been better if I'd timed it so Wylie didn't need to eat at the exact same time I was getting lunch for Finn.
• As Wylie's marathon eating continued Finn's instincts led him to try breaking every rule in the book to see if he could get away with it.  I sounded like I was barking orders. "Please stop climbing over the couch."  "Please do not open the glass book case."  "Do not climb on me or this chair while I'm feeding Wylie."
• Other than caring for the boys I accomplished two small tasks today--wrote one thank you note and dusted on book shelf.  Amazing.

Thank goodness we had parent-teacher conferences at Finn's school this afternoon, so my "full day" with the boys actually became appreciably more manageable when I passed Finn off to a neighbor at 2:45!  Thank you Kristi!