I don’t think I’ve done one of these in a while, and while I was going to do one last night, I decided to wait until today so I had 24 hours to write about 
Not that it matters much I suppose.
Yesterday was a pretty typical day for us, with the exception that Andrew didn’t have work-work to do, but did have a freelance contract to work on, but he wasn’t tied to work hours. So he was a little more available yesterday. Working from home has pluses, but we don’t always see them So, let’s see. The older two kids woke up before Andrew went to bed and got breakfast for themselves. I got up and Andrew went to bed and I stumbled around the kitchen getting coffee on. Sophia was still asleep so I took advantage of the quiet to drink the coffee and check email. The other kids came up to watch a taped Pokemon, which we’re all loving at the moment, because it’s based on the Pokemon games we’ve all been playing and that *I* just beat on Sunday!!! I finally beat a game FIRST!!LOL But the show we’ve been watching is based around the games we have so it’s really neat to watch and say, hey I have that one and that one and mom you have that one and…..
I started getting concerned that Sophia wasn’t up yet. She’s one of those kids that literally is dead asleep one second and WIDE awake the next, which really really sucked when she was a baby and a toddler and woke up at 4am!!! But, she was still asleep, sprawled across her bed. I was more worried because she hadn’t woken up at all that night OR come into my room. Which, when ti happens, I have that worried reaction. She of course, woke up about 10 minutes later.
Brandon and Azura decided they wanted pancakes, but they didn’t want plain ones. So they dug through the spice racks and the cupboards and made chocolate-cinnamon-xylitol pancakes. Brandon made them, measured them and prepared them; Azura cooked them. YUM! The house smelled like hot chocolate for a good hour after.
They all watched Jungle Run while they were eating (Sophia and Max were eating waffles by then) and they all talked about the different puzzles and how they’d do it differently. There was an adult team of Olympic Winners on it last week and we were all stunned by just how amazingly good they were. Now the kids just don’t compare.
The kids ran off to play pretend Pokemon. They each play a Pokemon and they make these intricate mazes of boxes and blankets and they played that for quite a while. Until Azura’s best friend called and decided to come over (it’s a holiday here on Easter Monday). So when she got here, Azura and her played in Azura’s room for a while. Sophia helped me make lunch (we made pizza) and Max and Brandon were playing xbox.
We had lunch, Max making cheese and crackers in the microwave since he doesn’t like pizza and the girls asked if they could take the boys to the park down the road. I said sure. So they walked down to the park and played there for an hour or so. We were going to go swimming, but we forgot…LOL. Sophia and I read a bunch of books and talked to Andrew when he got up while they were gone since one kid at home is way quieter than 4! They called for a ride home and I ran down and got them and we ran to the donut store and gas station on the way home. We figured that Monday at 5pm is the BEST time to buy donuts there, since every single one we had was still WARM and gooey and there was so much icing on each one!
We got home, and enjoyed the donuts. The older girls played Sims for a bit, using a game that has no businesses etc to run a restaurant Then I had to run Azura’s best friend home and so Sophia and Azura and I ran out to do that, and the boys stayed home with Andrew. We dropped her off, then went to the library.
And came home And on the way home realized why there were so many Vets downtown and RCMP’s with their dress uniforms on…it was the 90th anniversary of Vimy. So we talked about that for a bit.
Andrew and I were going to take the kids out to eat at DQ for supper and then go to the mall, but forgot we had thawed pork chops…LOL so we decided to eat here. Which was good, since friends came over while we were making supper. Azura’s really into helping cook supper now that she’s big enough etc so while I was outside BBQing, she was inside doing the veggies and mashed potatoes.
Andrew left and almost simultaneously three of the four kids had a meltdown. And all at the same time..LOL One lost a toy fish down the drain while she was washing her hands, one’s toy got broken by accident when the other one stepped on it by accident. So that was fun to mediate and get everyone calmed down and fed. That doesn’t happen much anymore but it’s always interesting when it does!
We had ice cream and watched some TV then they all went to bed early since they all were really tired and they were barely dragging themselves off to bed!
All that and that doesn’t include the millions of questions answered or things looked up or discussions about a multitude of things. And, that was a slow day for us. We didn’t have plans or activities to go to or things to do because of the holiday. And double what we did and you’ll get a typical summer day!!LOL It doesn’t even begin to show the family togetherness, the companionship, the fun, the teasing, the laughs, the tears, the constant conversations, the million books read, the pictures drawn. You know those really busy weekend days people who work 9-5 M-F and have kids in school have? Those are our every-days more often than not. We tend to hibernate some in the winter, but spring always brings an explosion of activity.
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