HUNGRY, HUNGRY KIDDOS!

I often wonder if other people's kids eat as much as mine do...especially Brennan. From the minute he opens his eyes until he's asleep, it's always "I'm hungry!" Tonight was no different. David went golfing...yes golfing in this ridiculous heat and humidity...so I was left to figure out dinner for me and the kids. As most of you know, me and the kitchen aren't the best of friends, but I make do when I have to :-) So what does my little buddy decide he wants for dinner...a bologna, cheese and sweet pickles sandwich of course - I mean who wouldn't love that dinner right?! Followed by more sweet pickles (only sweet - not dill for him), jello, jelly crackers, a fudgesicle and I think that rounded out his night...only because it was bedtime by then! I felt like a short order cook for about an hour when we first got home....sandwiches, crackers, hot dogs, pickles, trying to convince someone to eat yogurt or veggies (that didn't work tonight!), spaghetti out of a can that didn't go over well - Brennan was gagging at the smell and picky McKenna wouldn't dare try something new - that's just a crazy idea.

During the few hours that David was sweating his butt off at the course, I managed to get the following done:

dinner, make lunches, change our sheets, vacuum our room, clean our bathroom and the hall bath, get the kids clothes and my clothes ready for tomorrow (yes this meant ironing!), dishwasher run, sink emptied, laundry put away and cycles continuing in the laundry room, gave the kids a bath/shower (Brennan insists on a big person shower these days) and the stairs cleaned off. Needless to say it was a hectic night, but it felt so good to get part of my house cleaned....lord knows there's still plenty to do, but I'll worry about that later :-)

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So this morning after I dropped the girls off at camp, Brennan decided he knew a faster way to get from their camp to his daycare - you know mom's, they don't know much compared to a 4 year old! I actually argued with him for about 5 minutes before deciding I'd just let him have his way this one time and go his route vs. the one I know is quicker. His route required us to backtrack and go past our house again - which ended up being in his favor - because low and behold, he had forgotten to bring a toy with him to Miss Sue's. I tried to convince him that he could survive with Miss Sue's toys, but that wasn't an argument I was bound to win either so I made his morning twice today - taking his route and stopping to get that special batman and spiderman toy that he could share with Austin & Dylan. He was one happy lil camper!

The rest of my day was spent working, hitting Target this morning to get McKenna goggles - which I had to take to her at the pool during lunch - she just couldn't go to pool day without those goggles! She was very excited to see me though and that made me smile so all was good! Now I'm relaxing, the kids are snuggled in their beds (for now at least - I'm sure someone will have to pee or have a bad dream that needs to be shared with me at 2 a.m.) and I'm about to snuggle in myself. Oh one last thought...McKenna's bad dream last night involved space aliens. She proceeded to tell me about this dream at 7:45 this morning followed by at least a million questions...and I still have no idea where this dream came from or why she was dreaming about aliens. I figured it would be sharks since we had watched that last night, but one just never knows now do they!?