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Brian interrupted me in the middle of a project we were arguing over ( Read more... )

Plan for today: have Brian take the day off from work, get up early/on time,make a fancier breakfast and pack everyone and lunches into the car to see the wonders of Skyline Drive in the fall and hike. Insert drawing of happy family in amazingly clean stylish magazine ad clothes and mom with carefree expression and free flowing hair and perfect ( Read more... )

All 3 boys are in the tub.
I'm calling it: Reenacting The Birth of Virgil - Hollywood Style

They're in the tub just like when he was born
There's noise just like when he was born - but louder
There's genital discomfort - Perry got kicked in the scrotum
And then it morphs into true Hollywood fashion as in Outbreak real life spend an entire day running ( Read more... )

This isn't going to be a fluffy post. This is nitty gritty in the trenches life.
Brian and I both need more sleep and more time both as a couple and as individuals and there's only so much you can do about that.

This morning he was already late to work when he stopped to put away a bag of pretzels in the corner of the kitchen when I lost it.

From my ( Read more... )

I recall Brian's last business trip had a lack of vomit or other bodily fluids expelled by kids and/or pets.

This trip seemed to be gong fine as well. He left for Michigan Tue am before anyone else woke up. He should have been home tonight (Wed) before I got back with the kids. Instead he spent the day in the airport as maintenance crews tried ( Read more... )

He "sings" bits of "Wheels on the bus" while walking around the kitchen. I tried to get a video but he just runs to my side of the camera to watch the silly videos. I did get a good one of life with 3 boys that I'll post to Facebook if I get somewhere with bandwidth.
Yesterday was trying. He kept getting into the hand lotion and smearing it ( Read more... )

I have got to find him a trampoline class. He is all about the jumping. Today in swim class he chose not to slide down the foam whale placed overhanging the pool edge for sliding. This is something we do every class. today he did not even want to go to swim class. So. I promised him no submersions if he didn't want to go under. When he ( Read more... )

Unable to get children to stay asleep at night. Check
Resort to television before 7am. Check
Want to resort to adult fermented beverages before 8am. Check
Fight with spouse in front of kids about kids. Check
Yell at kids for things that aren't worth it. Check
Have a lunch spill in lunch box. Check
Have child come home from school hungry and ( Read more... )

Plan #1) leave house at 9am and get to swim class at 9:15 giving us plenty of time to change before our 9:30 class. Take post swim clothes, baggy and not nice and no shoes for Virgil and only one granola bar per person because we,re coming straight home afterwards.

Life). Stand in garage at 9am waiting for Brian to leave so I can close the ( Read more... )