Stay at Home Mom: Day 1

So yesterday was my first official day as a stay at home mom!  I had high hopes for getting up early before the kids got up, doing some yoga...having a cup of coffee...reading a little bit...  Then I would get the kids up and we would have a fun day doing crafts and reading books and of course no shows.  

Reality?

I woke up at 6:45 to Owen yelling MOMMYYYY!!  6:45 came earlier than usual because I had had 2 whole glasses of wine the night before to celebrate my last day of work.  How old am I???  So I struggled out of bed and got him up.  (Joey was studying for boards otherwise I think I would have handed off the first couple hours of being a stay at home mom.)  Then I got breakfast together and just as Joey went to leave for work he told Owen "hopefully mom will play the kite with you today bud..."  I wanted to KILL him.  There was NO wind.  And it was freezing outside!  So for us all to get bundled up to go outside and fly a kite in no wind?  Owen was SO excited and ran and got the kite from the garage.  I had to break it to him that we were not doing the kite with no wind.  This led to a 30 minute meltdown begging for the kite.  I had to lock the kite in the garage and he laid down against the door begging for it.  At this point there was no way I could do the kite but I had to calm him down to snap him out of it.  Curious George?  Yes.  I put Curious George on to calm him down.  Broke my no shows rule before I had even planned on waking them up!  Oh well.  

Then I got Levi up and fed and Owen was calmed down enough to turn the show off and play with his trains.  I had a cup of tea ready and Levi drinking a bottle and Owen playing with trains and the Quincy newspaper in front of me...okay... here is my relaxing morning right?  Just then I looked down at my sweatshirt and thought--why do I have prunes all over my sweatshirt--I didn't even feed Levi prunes this morning.  Then I looked at my leg and had "prunes" all over my bare leg as well.  Then I realized those weren't prunes...that was poop.  All over my sweatshirt and all over my leg... and once I looked for the source found Levi had a HUGE blowout all over his back and side and front and chair.  Is it my first day as a stay at home mom or my first day as a mom?  haha  SO --so much for my tea and newspaper.  Cleanup time for Levi and I.  :)

I did manage to get them packed up for the gym and I got a yoga class in while they played at the daycare that they love going to.  (my best hour was the hour someone else was watching them) Naps went well and I did get a cup of coffee in which was WELL overdue!  

When I put the kids to bed at seven I wondered if it was too early for me to go to bed myself.  Then I walked through the house and wondered when the tornado of clothes and toys rolled through and destroyed my house??!  Didn't I fold laundry all day and empty the dishwasher and do the dishes?  Where did this mess come from?  Oh well, I was too tired to clean...some things just have to wait til tomorrow.

Either day two is going smoother, or after yesterday I learned to lower my expectations.  :) We shall see.  :)

After locking the kite in the garage Owen stood they crying and begging for me to get him back out...all of this before 8AM?  Not okay.

Owen is my sock helper when I fold clothes.  He gets all the socks out of the piles and puts them in the basket.  Yesterday he snuck these socks on while I wasn't looking.  haha!

Godbye to Kristen :(

The hardest part about quitting my job was knowing that I wouldn't have Kristen's help anymore!  She was an amazing nanny!  I think she is the most reliable person I know.  The main reason she missed coming in three years was for jury duty!  She arrived every day with a smile on her face and never complained if the kids were sick or if she was sick.  She taught Owen so much and always had a fun craft to do with him.  She helped me out so much beyond watching the kids as well.  This past year we got to know her boyfriend, Chris, a little more too.  He would bring Kristen coffee and bring Owen a smoothie or a treat too.  He would also bring his big German shepherd, Vadar.  Owen, Chris and Vadar would play football together on the days he would visit. :)  We were incredibly blessed to have her for the last (almost) three years and we are very very sad to not need her to come every day anymore.  I want to think of reasons I need her just to get her back!  :)  I took one picture of them together and asked her for any pictures that she had of her with the kids together and posted them below.  :) 

She started with us when Owen was six months old :)

She started watching Levi when he was 6 weeks old!

With his buddy Vadar

Easter Weekend

A few pictures from Easter weekend...pretty much all stolen from Mary's blog.  :)   We went down to Colusa Saturday morning and played tennis in the Alumni Tennis event which was so fun!  Then we celebrated my dad's birthday.  Then the next day was Easter (and also my dad's birthday).  We had a great weekend!

Easter basket hunt!

Owen singing grandpa Me and Bobby Mcgee

It was a good try to get them all together

The kids were all lined up (they even drug Levi over) to watch the game

These kids sat out all morning during the tennis event!  :)

Ice cream at Jeff's!

Dying Easter eggs at Erin and Luke's.  Erin told me that after Owen dyed and decorated his egg he cracked it open and ate it!  haha

Time to sing and dance!

Levi has the best cousins!

Snack time!

Owen and Cal cheering on the current kid at bat

Owen and Grace rolling down the hills together

Levi's first hair cut

Owen INSISTED on reading his kite a story

Flying kites with Daddy at the park

Mr. Cool Guy

Playing Catch and Singing for Grandpa

A week after Levi just let the ball hit him in the chest and didn't even attempt to catch when Owen played "catch" with him-- we got the video below of him playing catch with Owen.  I do have to give credit to Grandma Cindy for teaching him how to catch and throw.  :)

The other video is Owen overenthusiastically singing "Me and Bobby Mcgee"...the song he learned for Grandpa's birthday.  :) 

A Few Pictures

Just a few pictures before I get too behind on posting... :)

Owen is really into being a "big helper" lately.  He had to help daddy fill the garden boxes with dirt..  :)

Our first ride with the bike trailer a few weeks ago. 

Owen's first time flying a kite, pronounced "HITE!"

Doing my best for a photoshoot--ten months and three years old

I was jumping around like a crazy person trying to get them to smile while Joey took a picture and this is the best I could get.  :)

Owen Playing "Catch With Levi

Owen has been really wanting Levi to play catch with him lately.  The other night he found a way to do it and it cracked Levi up and Owen was satisfied that they were finally playing catch.  :)  After about five minutes of watching them do this and laughing I had to get a quick video of it. This entertained them the whole time I was making dinner--and entertained me too!  :)