Yes, we had a LONG weekend. That was a really tough one! I'm grateful that it's over, that we survived mostly intact, and that Devin will be home late Friday night so I don't have to do it again!! Whew! By yesterday afternoon (mid-church, unfortunately), I was so tired I could hardly stand! I made it through Primary, taught my Sunday School class with some semblance of coherence, and was able to keep the kids mostly still through the sacrament. As soon as they had passed the sacrament, though, Claire had to go 'potty' (the bathrooms there are SCARY and lack necessities...like toilet paper and water...), Andrew had a messy diaper (what was I supposed to do about that THERE????) and Josh started complaining loudly that his stomach really hurt and that he was super hungry and just couldn't wait! Since I felt a bit faint myself, I decided that the best thing for everyone's sanity was to try to quietly sneak out the back, go home, take care of bathroom needs, eat some food, and read some nice Book of Mormon stories and Friend stories. Sadly, as we were sneaking out the back, Claire took off running down the aisle announcing loudly to the congregation: "We're going home now!!!" Thanks, Claire! How embarrassing. That's what I get for leaving early, I suppose, but I just couldn't take much more. I was close to tears through most of the day, and I didn't want to have any break-downs there!
We got home, everyone took care of their needs, we ate a nice dinner (I had put a chicken in the oven and some potatoes--so we had italian chicken and baked potatoes for dinner...yum!!), then had a bath time so everyone could get ready for bed. By 5pm, we were all set to read stories! By quarter to 6, Andrew couldn't even walk! He was just sobbing and screaming and throwing tantrums on the floor. Poor guy was so tired!! So, I had Josh and Claire sit on the couch and look at books while I put Andrew down. Andrew was asleep by 6pm! Then, I took our pile o' books and Josh and Claire and went up to their room. They laid down in their beds, and I read 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'...Claire was asleep before the end of the book! So, she was out by about 6:15! Then, Josh and I read the story of Nephi and his brothers getting the Brass plates from Laban (they read that story in Sharing time today, but it was in French, so he asked me to read it to him in English. Then we read The BFG, which is the chapter book we're reading right now. (We finished all four of the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle books, and enjoyed them so much!!) By 7pm, all my kiddies were asleep! They were just as tired as me!!! So then I made up Josh's lunch, surfed the internet for a few minutes, then sat down and read Breaking Dawn (yes, I'm reading it AGAIN...) and ate some M&M's until about 9:30 when I just couldn't take being awake any longer. I feel much more energized today, even though eating chocolate right before bed gives me some really weird dreams!!! :)
So, now you have our very boring day of yesterday.
A funny side-note: Claire just came SOBBING down the stairs. She was completely hysterical! My first thought was that she had fallen down the stairs! She sounded like she was in so much pain! I asked her what was wrong...and she showed me her foot! She couldn't pull her sock up all the way!!! What a nut!!!! I thought that was absolutely hilarious and I had to sit on the floor to help her pull it up! :)
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