Hello, Monday. I see what you did there . . .

{Sitting in my office at 6pm wondering how this happened.}

Upon waking I felt kinda low on energy and still kinda sick. So I decided I’d miss Co-op in favor of baby-ing myself and taking things easy with Autumn.

After breakfast I thought, “well, Maybe I’ll just pick up my office today – it’s not that bad.“

So I started doing that – even hung my 1st embroidery project up.

But then I needed to sort through Autumn’s books and weed out the toddler ones so I could get the “keepers” up on the kid shelves and off the floor.

Which made me think about Autumn’s “reading nook” under the table in the living room. “Man – the floor cushions would fit perfectly there. Maybe I can move Autumn’s pillow to an attractive place and make it inviting. . .“

The only real space is in the bedroom . . . let’s try that. 

Had to move some stuff so I could move the bed and that led to

• vacuuming: “this’ll be good for Nate’s breathing” 
• Oh, let me open a window for some sunlight and air 
• sorted the baby books on the nighttime table into a tote for E
• Went to put the tote on the closet shelf and found the “baby toys” box in closet “oh yay!! That’s where I put them!“
• Weeded out the toys that I didn’t want as much for friends/donating 
• Thought I’d do the same for Autumn’s current toys, weeded some more – which lead to . . .

Picking up and sorting her toy area with her.

Ok *deep breath* back to my office (which is currently where my bed is) and I found out why Autumn was so quiet all that time …
took my bed sheets off and sprayed some stain remover on them hoping it’d take the highlighter blotches off beautifully colored lavender sheets.

Got a load of laundry going,

Then it was time for lunch. . .

… followed by “quiet time.” (read: trying to get Autumn to nap but being satisfied with just getting to lay down while attempting to teach her how to get still and quiet).

And then some dinner prep/discussing some pressing things with Nate while he ate his lunch . . .

Which reminded me, “hey where is your hatchet? There’s a fallen branch I want to make safer for play.“

So we rummaged through the garage for a bit but no hatchet. 

Ooo, but I did spot x, y, and z!

So after getting Autumn’s attention her and I took her forgotten garden tools outside along with some blocks of wood, a small mallet, and some stainless steel bowls for a play kitchen set up with a small wooden work table her dad made for her a couple years ago.

Ahh, that looks great towards the back in the sunshine.
Oh let me move the slide. . .
Hey, my old clothesline – maybe I could rig this up for Autumn . . .

Oh and didn’t Amelia say something about littles hand-washing small fabrics for fun? Oh! And Kathleen at Becoming Peculiar talked about clothes hanging — I need a small tote or bucket… *lightbulb* Autumn’s water table!

Ack, What about mosquitoes?
I’ll just have to remember to empty it every other day.
Ok *back inside the house gathering* a little soap, some fabric napkins, *now outside* water in the watering can …. “Hey Autumn! Let’s wash some clothes!”
“Ok and this is how you hang them, would you like to give it a try?”

More kitchen,
more slide,
ouch a mosquito! 

Ok – time to make dinner anyway.

Made dinner including a different type of meat for Nathan (tougher cuts that require more chewing/jaw work) while also

• separating bones from meat on a whole chicken for making broth.
• Empathetically talking to Autumn about why she couldn’t were her fancy dresses right now.
• Getting her some crayons and paper in an attempt for quiet.
• Telling her multiple times that I would help her with her “amulet” in just a minute. 
• Getting Autumn’s food to the table (*ahh, quiet*)
• Finishing off Nate’s 

Texted Nate asking him how late he’d be getting off work because I was starting to putter out: “Need love and a second parent.” 

Did an inversion before eating my food.
Read Charlie Brown Christmas to Autumn.

Nate finished work and came out of his office – asked A if she’d like to go on a walk with him and look at the Christmas lights. 

O bless him. 

I made my way to my office thinking I’d read a blog and watch some Parenthood. 

Finish reading said blog and look around thinking about how to implement what I read and ….

Wait – I never finished cleaning this room!

Bahhhhh – I can’t.

Hopefully tomorrow . . .

Morgan (Loves To) Reid

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the day : )