November 13, 2008

• My birthday [thus far]

   Today is my 27th birthday. So far, this is what it’s looked like:
  6:30 – Wake up and go downstairs with Tristan. Poke at the fire; realize it’s dead and not worth poking at. Do my devotions while T plays with the train set.
  7:00 – Will comes downstairs and is “starrrving“, so I start breakfast. Hallie starts wailing from her bed, and I call for her to come downstairs.
  7:30 – Round two of breakfast is in full swing. I am supervising this while checking my inbox, feed reader, and scrabble games on facebook.
  8:00 – The kids unload the dishwasher while I put things away and reload it… Clean up the kitchen and turn off the lights.
  8:30 – I announce a twist on our usual morning playtime– Bath Time!! (We have family pictures scheduled later this morning.)
  9:00 – The kids are clean and I decide to let them play for awhile while I neaten up the bedrooms. Everyone gets dressed in their pre-planned outfits.
  9:30 – Coats, socks, shoes, etc. Out the door to the car. I am always amazed at how long it takes to get three kids’ coats and shoes on. It’s like 10 or 15 minutes! Seriously! (It’s also    pouring rain, so have a long wet, trek to the car, avoiding the puddles.  The newly-dried kids’ hair is now damp again.)
  9:45 – I stop at my parents’ to print a coupon for the pictures, and to pick up Abby, who asked to come along.
  10:20 – After stopping for gas, we arrive at Penney’s just in time.
  11:45 – After a long [somewhat difficult!] picture session, we are headed home for lunch and naps. I think we got two pictures total where Tristan is actually smiling. Anyway…
  12:15 – Lunch of leftover quiche/ pb&j, apple slices and baby carrots. We practice our Bible verses over lunch. They both have Psalm 23 nailed, and have about half of Psalm 103 down pretty well. I am really happy with how easy it’s been to memorize this stuff with them! Will has requested that Psalm 24 be our next choice. I was thinking about doing something from the NT, and I like Colossians 3. When I checked it, out though, I ran into the whole “put away lust, greed, sexual immorality” etc. verse, and decided…. naah… I just really don’t feel like explaining all that right now.
  1:30 – Everyone is in bed, and Will and I read a chapter of Charlotte’s Web. (We just finished The Trumpet of the Swan, which he loved; I started that one to give myself a break from Stuart Little, which I think we were on our third way through.) Anyway, after that my plan was to mop the kitchen, but I thought… “IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!! I will take a nap instead.” So I slept till three when Tristan got up, and we’ve been having a nice quiet afternoon. I got the fire going again, and we’re going to my parents’ tonight for my birthday dinner. My plan is to get up early tomorrow to mop. We shall see.

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