Who put the log in the tub?

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you might not want to read below this line.

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So, I am doing things around the house. I come upstairs and go into the bathroom to put some things away. I notice that all three children are in the shower, instead of the bath tub like they were before. I don't even have to say a word, and Nathan says immediately:

Nathan: "Your son left you a present."

Me: (in a low 'holy shit what now?! sort of voice...) "what....?"

Nathan: "Look in the bath tub."

Me: "Where?"

Nathan: "Oh it's in there!"

----I look for something floating, realizing now that there is a turd nugget in the bath tub.----

Me: OHHHH. MYYYYYY. GOD!!!!!!!!! Who did that?!

Nathan: "Eli did it! I asked the girls but they said no, they said Eli did it! He crouched down a little bit in the tub before but I didn't realize that's what he was doing!"

Me: "That can't be Eli's. It's freaking HUGE! Are you sure?"

It was seriously 4 inches long I swear! There were multiple smaller logs too! It had some yellow pieces in it, corn maybe?! I'm not sure. I really don't even care, I was just shocked by the sheer magnitude of it!

Nathan: "That's what the girls said..."

Me: Holy Shnikes!" (note: I can't swear in front of the kids)

Nathan: "Yeah..."

Me: "I still can't believe HE did that..."

Nathan finishes washing Eli and hands him to me so he can finish washing the girls. I go to put his diaper on an realize that there was a little poop remnant in his butt. It was a yellow poop remnant. Yes, it was definitely him. His poop matches the logs in the tub. Mystery of the tub pooper has been solved! That was the excitement for the night. All kids were cleaned and cuddled, and ready for bed, smelling of freshly bathed hair, which I love.

Tomorrow is a new fun, exciting, and exhausting day!

Summer School

I didn't even wake up this early when I was in school! Now I have three little ones to get ready and go. This is how the morning goes:

-I wake up, look at phone. Think to myself, damn I'm tired. Close eyes. Tell myself not to fall asleep. Fall asleep for a few seconds, wake up, sit up. Crack my neck and back and think to myself how sore I am, and hope the pain goes away and I don't get a migraine. Shower.

-Go in Kaelei's room, try to wake her up. Try again. Try again. She moves a little. Try again. Tell her we can't be late or her teachers and I will be upset. Tell her again. Tell her we're running late. She's disgruntled, but gets up and out of bed. Sometimes she says she tired.

-I show her the clothes she's wearing. Usually she says she doesn't like them, but usually later she changes her mind. o.O
-Sophie usually wakes up by this time because of the noise. She's usually happy in the morning. =) Yay, a happy child! She doesn't take after me, I'm a crabby morning person...

-Wake Eli up, try to feed him while brushing the girls hair & teeth.

-Eat, tell the kids we have to hurry.

-Put shoes on. This is an ordeal. One of the girls usually wants the shoes that the other one has on. Kaelei wants the shoes Sophie has on. Sophie doesn't want to give up her shoes. I tell them we have to hurry again. I start to walk into the garage, which is my signal that we're leaving, so hurry up and pick out your shoes! This usually works.

-Get in the car. Sometimes the girls fight about which car seat they want. I settle it somehow.

-LEAVE FOR SCHOOL. This is like heaven time for me, it's almost like ME time. I can listen to my music and there is usually no fighting because they have their movie to watch in the car. I like to get to school early, so I get a front parking spot.

-We walk Kaelei into her classroom. She gives us each hugs and kisses and gets her name tag on and then vanishes off into the room to play. I am so happy she loves summer school... it's her big girl time and she loves her friends and the fun activities that they do.

While Kaelei is at school, Sophie, Eli, and I play. I'll weed the yard, or do other random house work outside or inside. I really should read more. I wish... I wish I had the ability to tune out noise so I could actually comprehend what I read, but with the kids here, my ears are like mouse ears... I hear everything.

SOOO... here I sit typing this out. Today I weeded the front and back, and ate the sugar (aka sand) that Sophie made for me. I need to write more about the kids... I was so good at that before but now it's hard to find quality time for it.

I need coffee.

I LOVE my Tassimo. Mmm....

Dogs are barking like crazy. Eli is in the hallway pointing to the door and saying "box! box!" Little cutie. We have our hands full with him! He's always climbing and trying to get into stuff!

Must get coffee!