A Little of This and a Little of That

Owen and Hal are still in bed. Keyton just got on the bus and is on his way to school. I thought I would take advantage of the quiet few minutes I might have (before number 2 and 3 wake up).

Yesterday we showed our house twice. I am hoping for an offer today.

Jesse has been flying like a crazy person the last couple of weeks. Great...job security!

I really think with Jesse being gone and me here with the three kids all day long by myself has really started to make me goofy...or goofier than I already was. Yesterday, I went inside a gas station with all three kids on a mission to get something-- after I got inside the gas station I couldn't remember why I was inside. I stood there dumbfounded. Finally, the cashier asked if he could be of any help. I declined his offer as I didn't know why I was there in the first place. I put Owen's car seat down beside me (he is heavy in that car seat). I grabbed a pack of M&Ms and paid for them. I walked to the door with Keyton and Hal close behind. I opened the door, while I was holding the door open for Hal and Keyton I looked over and noticed my baby asleep in his car seat resting next to the candy section. I did a great big " OH MY GOD!" I ran over to my BABY and scooped up the car seat. I looked at the boy behind the counter and his face said it all. He was thinking holy crap this girl has issues. Seriously-- I will not be going inside a gas station until my last child has graduated from high school.

On a high note, my house is super duper clean. I have scrubbed this place from top to bottom. It makes me feel good, but at the same time trying to keep it this way is wearing! I have been chasing around my kids picking up after them and in the process realizing that I have not done a good job of teaching them to actually throw trash in a garbage can. The other day Hal was drinking a juice box. I was eyeing her because I often find these juice boxes scattered around the house. She sipped and sipped until the juice box was as flat as it could be. She took the straw out of her mouth and then catapulted that juice box across the living room! I stared at her for a minute. I then walked over to her and I asked her "Do you know that you just threw your empty juice box across my living room?". She looked at me like I was an alien and she said, "no."; I then calmly told her to go pick it up and throw it in the trash can. She did. Later that day I watched her throw the core of an apple across the living room. I then decided it was time for a lecture on what to do with trash. I sat Hal and Keyton down on the sofa and I said, "Hal and Keyton, it FINALLY has come to my attention that you don't know what to do with garbage"," Where do you think garbage goes?" Keyton got excited and said "In the garbage can!" Ding ding ding! My kid is so smart. I will be watching them like a hawk over the next few days so I can teach them the difference between mommy and trash man.