Day is Done

Wow. I am SOOO done with today. Preschool went great, it was the afternoon that did me in. Hannah had a doctor appointment that I had scheduled some time ago so that Aaron would be able to keep Isaac and I could go with just the two kids. Well, a meeting of his was changed to tonight and he really needed to go. Sigh. This meant I was heading to the clinic with three kids right before dinner time. It was going to be tricky enough with Eli crying for his bath around 6pm, now I was adding Isaac to the mix. I love my middle child dearly, but I do not love the idea of having him stuck in a small room with his siblings after a long day and close to dinner time. He has a lot of energy and it sometime escalates as the day goes on and he becomes tired. So I loaded the diaper bag with bribes (fruit leather and fruit snacks... yes I do resort to bribes, I am a seasoned mother) and we were off.

The 25 minute drive to Colfax was just a glimpse of what was in store. Hannah and Isaac were at each other. Thank goodness they weren't sitting next to one another, it could have been bloody. Isaac knows how to push Hannah's buttons and Hannah is very good at responding. I've tried to tell her to ignore it and he will stop, but this has not yet sunk in. We got to the clinic alive and went inside. Thank goodness we were sent back right away. Then the wait began. Isaac began climbing like a money on anything he could climb. Hannah was overly annoyed with everything Isaac was doing and Eli woke up. After about 20 minutes of bickering (with a 5 minute rest for fruit foll ups) Hannah declares she needs to go to the bathroom and she could go by herself. I said no. We were not going to miss the doctor. Then Isaac chimes in that he needs to go really bad. I knew they didn't need to go, they had just gone. Finally the Dr. arrives and we get through the appointment. He has 8 children of his own, so he is very good at understanding the background noise of Isaac turning the clinic toys into a barricade against the mean robot. Eli starts crying because it is now 10 minutes to 6.

I needed to get milk at the grocery store and we were already 30 minutes past dinnertime, so I brought out my next bribe of the night and told the kids if they were good in the store we would buy dinner at the deli and they could eat in the van. This bribe worked. Only because we get free cookies at this grocery store while Mommy shops. Good thinking Rosauers! Eli survived until we got done shopping but then was freaking out because he was super hungry. Hannah and Isaac were spewing out commands for their food as I am trying to get it all together for eating a meal in the van. I open the glove compartment box to dig out plastic spoons and stuff comes flying out. At this point I am acutely aware that I must be mindful of my tongue as my children are listening closely to their mother. I was so close to letting a cuss word fly, but I was given a momentary gift of super self control.

I fed Eli and the kids ate. Eli was back in the carseat and mad because it was not his bath tub. He screamed for about 15 minutes and then fell alseep. We got home and the kids skipped bath, except Eli, and I proceeded to spend the next 90 minutes settling Eli down. I got online after he fell asleep and realized the dishwasher is leaking. I am ignoring it at the moment. I forgot to eat dinner. Tomorrow I will think this is funny. Moral of the story... next time send Isaac with Aaron to the meeting so that those who changed the meeting without notice will understand that sometimes people make plans based on the plans of their spouses.