LOW KEY

I woke up this morning determined to have a "low key" day.
To me "low key" means staying home all day and really not doing much. I was actually trying to convince myself that it would be ok to watch tv and read books all day!
The reason for my "low key" day was because the last few days I have WAY over worked myself. My back is killing me, contractions are much more frequent and I am a whole lot more GRUMPY with my family than I should be because I'm tired and worn out.
So.... "low key" was my mission.

Did it happen???

Lets see.

-Got the kids off to school
-got Hayden settled with Chocolate milk and Sesame Street
-sat down to watch The Today Show myself
-couldn't quit thinking about how badly the floor needed to be swept and the morning dishes cleaned up, so I did those things.
-Hayden loses interest in cartoons and wants to go down stairs and get some race cars.
-Play race cars and pet shop with Hayden for awhile, but got to watch the Today Show at the same time!
-remembered that I needed to run a couple of errands.
-Got Hayden and myself dressed, got the things ready that I needed to take with me on my errands
-went out in the cold, windy, snowy day and got errands run
-came home and put pj's back on, Hayden was ready for more cartoons.
-decided to clean and organize the DVD shelves, got to watch TV while I did though.
-Hayden wanted me to watch Dora with him, so I made a couple of phone calls while I sat with him
-LUNCH TIME
-remembered that Cameron had asked for me to make him some hard boiled eggs and chocolate chip cookies, so started making both.
-Got Hayden fed.
-It's finally 1:00pm time for Hayden's nap. He likes me to sit on the chair in his room and sing to him at nap time. I think I fell asleep before he did. Slept in the BIG comfy chair for about an hour!!
-Woke up and remembered that I still needed to make another phone call.
-Still tired I sat down to watch TV and finish sewing on the baby blanket I am making.
-Heard Hayden starting to wake up after only about 30 after sitting down.
-Got up and started cooking the chicken for dinner and finished the cookies I had already started.
-Hayden was really ready to get out of bed
-Time for Colb and Cam to be home from school. Cam walks in the door and says "mom, why are you still in your pajamas? didn't you do anything today?"
-Haman stop by to borrow and ice breaker thing and Kathy asks me if I'm ok! I guess I really must look awfully tired or something!! At least I cam blame it on being so prego!
-Start the afterschool, homework and chores battle.
-start on dinner
-listen to my kids and four other neighborhood kids discuss the events of the day and their favorite things on Wizard 101, the hot new game!
-6:00 pm, send kids home, get my kids to eat dinner
-6:45 pm. Hayden and Cameron desperately need a hair cut and I am actually in the mood to give them one so we start the messy, dreded process.
-7:30pm finally done with hair cuts and baths. Time to watch the last 30 minutes of American Idol before starting bedtime routines
-8:00pm dad finally arrives home from a LONG day at work.
-Poor dad is tired and hungry and mom is tired and miserable and the kids don't want to go to bed!
-While dad puts Hayden to bed I decide that I really need to do the dishes since I will be gone from home most of the day tomorrow and I know I won't be able to sleep if I don't do them.
-Get dishes done in time to watch the last 30 minutes of Biggest Looser.
-Clean up all the toys that the boys missed and look forward to climing into my bed.
-Sit down of the edge of the bed and my brain keeps telling me I need to blog
-9:45pm and here I am.

Phew.
That was quite a list for a "low key" day. I should write down my list on a "normal day", I might just amaze myself at all the things I actually do accomplish.
Why is is that I can't just relax and do nothing? I try, but I really can't.
The two days spent in the hospital after having a baby are about the only time in my life when I actaully do nothing!!!!
Only 15 more days to go.

Here is what these two boys looked like yesterday before their haircuts.
Anytime someone is playing Guitar Hero Hayden gets his guitar and plays along too!!

Cameron's hair was really really long. His hair cut isn't finished yet in this picture, I just thought he looked pretty cute with his bangs this way! When he finally was finished he wouldn't let me get a picture.

Mr. Hayden can't say "cheese" for a picture with his eyes open!! I really debated cutting his hair because I liked that it was long and kept his head a little warmer in the winter. But the desire for clean cut hair won out. I think he looks so much older with it cut.

Here is what Colby has been up to.
Jr. Jazz started a couple of weeks ago and Colb has a game every Wednesday night through the end of February.
He LOVES IT!!

does anyone else hate that there is no spell check on blogger? I don't understand why not. Sorry.