Somethings gotta give!

Does this sound familiar?

The funny part is that there are so many missing pieces of this day, I have to laugh, otherwise I would start to cry...and it's not a pretty sight...let me tell ya!

Ready.....

Get kids up, get them their juice, get a cup of coffee for me, get on Maggie to get going, make our bed, get on Maggie to make her bed, get the people some breakfast, make Maggie some lunch, make sure everything is ready for the little miss to go off to school.

Hop in the shower, remind Max to get dressed and to make his bed, for the third, maybe fourth time, get myself ready in record speed, do a few chores at home, like a load of laundry or vacuum, and as most of you know, I always do the morning dishes before I leave the house (or at least try my hardest!)

Check my email, log-in to Facebook, write a blog post (what's that you ask?! I know it's been hit the hardest). Then I'm off to the gym or to church or the store, just enough time to rush around before I have to be back to get Max some lunch before he's off to school for the day.

Drop Max off at 12:15, try to remember to have some "me" time...what's that?! Run to get this, stop to pick up that, I'm just going to run in....and before you know it, it's time for me to pick up the "big kids" in the carpool.

Pick up the "big kids" then drive to get Max, drop of the kids I can...bring the others home :) Get them a snack, help with homework, make a few phone calls, dinner? oh, right! Get dinner started, get the laundry that's still in the washer from this morning, back to dinner, eat a peaceful dinner with my family, clean up the dinner, then off to soccer, birthday party, church, wherever it may be that night.

Come home, get the kids in the tub, get clothes laid out for the next day, make sure everything is ready for school in the morning, get the people in bed, say prayers, and then take a deep breath.

Then the best time of the day. For me, it's a hot bath (or really really warm if you are my doctor) and "mom-only drink" and it's time to curl up with my book into my nice warm bed (got my heated mattress-pad out today).

Say a prayer and get ready to start it all over again tomorrow!

So that's why I'm so tired all the time...who knew!

Oh, and honestly, I'm not complaining one little bit, I wouldn't trade it for anything! Just need to vent every once in a while.

Honestly, I'm going to really try to get back to blogging, but for now, somethings gotta give!

Happy Birthday Andy!

Wishing my sweet hubby a fabulous 38 birthday today! It's race day, so wish him luck!

That didn't take long!

Maggie lost her first tooth yesterday. See it, it's the lower one on the left...where that sweet little space is?! Isn't it the cutest thing you've ever seen. Okay...maybe not the cutest...but I think it's pretty darn cute. Of course, there's a story that goes along with this cute picture. ~Wow, that was a lot of the word "cute"...sorry about that.~

So yesterday, I just happened to be walking up to the school as the kids were getting out. (normally, I'm not allowed to exit the vehicle for fear of someone seeing me...per the kids!) I was helping to pass out fliers for See Ya At The Pole (that's tomorrow morning, by the way!) and I was trying to catch the kids I pick up so that they didn't go on and try to get into the locked van. I finally saw Maggie walking out with the other girls and she had been crying.

My first reaction was, "oh, no...she was doing so much better with the school thing. Had she been crying all day? What happened to make her cry?" Then, when I looked at her, she did a little half smile and that's when I saw it...that sweet little missing-that-cute-front-tooth-grin. Instantly, I shouted, "Oh my goodness, you lost your tooth!", she smiled and then told me that she really LOST it!

Apparently, it fell out while the class was sitting on the rug after recess. She said she had it in her hand and then it wasn't there. She was so worried that the tooth fairy wouldn't come. I told her several times that is wasn't a big deal, that we would just write the tooth fairy a note and that she would still come...kids loose their teeth all the time, literally.

A few seconds later, the substitute teacher came running out of the school to find Maggie. She said that she said a little prayer, "Lord, please let me find this sweet little tooth for this sweet little girl..." and wouldn't you know...she found it! Maggie was so excited!

She decided not to place the tooth in it's nicely labeled bag under her pillow last night, she wanted to look at it a little bit more. But tonight is the night. Hopefully the tooth fairy will appreciate nicely labeled snack-size Ziploc bag with a tiny little tooth it in...I know I would!