The morning was hilarious, I woke up at 7:45am, Mr. M comes at 7:50am to pick them up for school... you do the math. Thank the lord for those bagels... wrapped them in paper towels, cut up an apple for the three and made sure the door didn't hit them on the way out, bad breathe all around, but faces were washed, hair not combed, no lotion, clean clothes and school bags.. They had a greatday at school too.
I had forgotten how much 2 year olds like to work.. so pretty much as soon as the three left, Isa woke up.. Of course his first words were, " I want cereal mom". Even when he does say that first I still make him say good morning. So he ate while I cleaned up the school area, which was a mess. After he ate, he wiped down the cupboards, painted and counted some Ukrainian coins up to 5. Then we took down the dry clothes and folded them, he was in charge of the socks, we washed a load and then made the bed in his room. He was very attentive.
Inara woke up during the laundry, but she sat on the floor as we folded and hung. That lasted long enough for her and she was ready to eat. Her teeth have been bothering her a lot lately, I think the top two are just about ready to bust through her gums, they look really swollen. So glad that I have the baby ambesol, thanks to Rasheedah. She just chilled all day for the most part. She is learning to play by herself in the playpen, but is sure to let us know when she is ready to get out.
Ibrahim woke up around 10:30, he slept in.. No Wii for him today because he did not go to bed last night.. He is learning to write his name so well, I am proud of him. Today we worked on the letter Y and also counting to 10 with M&Ms, that was a big hit, his favorite part was eating them at the end. We went on a walk, the weather today was cold, they went out with no snowpants which was fine, they weren't too cold. We walked up to the park and around the corner to a paper store to buy some dry eraser markers, when I was paying, one of the attendants made sure to come and tap me to get Isa, he had snuck away and was down some isle messing with something.. I told her thank you, she was not rude about it. When we got home from the walk, and started to take our coats and boots off, Ibrahim commented, " What is that smell?". It is chicken.. as I then remembered I had left the oven on... let's just say we had Jerked wings tonight, I mean they were so dry, the mean was gone for the most part. Funny thing is that Inayah has been protesting meat lately. She happened to see the wings once thawing out and saw the red and asked what it was, when I told her it was blood... She made a face and hasnt eaten chicken since, fish she will eat. Well the jerked wings must have been right up her alley because she got the hot sauce out the fridge and ate them to the bone... which she also never does.. It was funny.
Children came home afterschool in good spirits, had their baths, Ish took out the garbage.. Did some homework, ate dinner and then we watched Ice Age 3, while I braided Inayah's hair.
All in bed by 8:30pm and asleep.
All except Inara... She did not have a late nap at all, maybe 6pm she woke up, but that was after a 1hr nap at max.. Her teeth are still bothering her, I have over nursed her but seems to soothe her... Then as I was in bed online, and tired of pushing her away from the laptop for the 100th time, I remembered an old trick... a warmer than warm bath. So today she had two baths.
She loves to play and splash in the water, it was funny to watch her face and reactions when I put her on her hands and knees in the water, she did not move to crawl forward.. she took her left hand, splashed a little bit and then reached up for me.. I had to laugh at that.
So now, she is back in the bed and out of the count.. Can you believe she is 9months...
Then when all six are asleep, I hear someone calling for me, it never ends... Ibrahim awake.. Hope he didn't think he had a nap.. I brought him a glass of water and also a slice of apple which he asked for when he went to bed and I said, "No". Just a bribe to get him back to sleep, not sure if it worked as he has called me twice since then, but at least he is not getting out of the bed.
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