It's 1:52 P.M.
Owen is singing to himself while he puts together Lego in the hall and Delaney is quiet. She is supposed to be resting in her room but is more likely hunting for a "cutter-butter" which she describes as not something to cut with but rather something pokey, such as a needle "or an earring", she explains. I am concerned, but not so much that I plan to move from my position on the bed. It is rest-time, a momma-imposed post lunch quiet time that brings back happy memories from 1984, where my twelve year old self looked forward to buying Lemonheads and lying on my bunk for half an hour instead of traipsing from swimming, hiking, archery,and canoeing with wet and dirt covered feet.
Back to the present. In my darkened sanctuary of a bedroom a window fan blows the translucent inner curtain and the ceiling fan spins without end. This is my antidote to sensory overload. A quickly moving figure sprinting out of the doorway catches the corner of my eye. What sprite is this? What phantom? Ah, yes. Sweet four year old Delaney Rose, surely escaping with her prized "cutter-butter". Soon enough the truth is revealed. Delaney has decorated her upholstered headboard with a collection of a dozen or so of my earrings. Of course she has.
Today is our first full day of Summer vacation at home.
We left on a red-eye the last day of school and returned two nights ago in the middle of the night. We spent yesterday happily visiting Grandma and Grandpa at their new home and helping them close out their apartment rental. It felt lovely to be doing this on the last day of June. Today we implemented our Summer schedule, which went something like this(so far):
6:49 kids wake up. so do i.
7:00 make fruit/yogurt smoothies, serve breakfast(smoothie,banana mini muffins(2), play school
8:30 O.sets up Lego movie, L and I play yoga
9:30film O. move take 1
10:00 mom eats breakfast, takes a shower
10:25 get ready to go to story time
11-1 library fun!
1-1:40 make and serve lunch (chicken, broccoli, biscuit, mac/cheese)
1:40-2:40 rest time
3-3:30 show
3:45-4:30 play outside
4:30-5:30 read library books and snack(bunny grahams/berry/fruit chew bar)
5:30-6:15 watch two shows
6:15-6:30 dinner (scrambled eggs and toast, milk)
6:30-7:30 play outside
7:30 brush teeth, pj's, stories, lights out at 8
