I feel ten times better this morning, having woken up to Dekker using the bathroom at 7:45. I’m not counting on this happening every morning, but it was incredibly refreshing to have slept a bit longer this morning! As I suspected, the kids were in MUCH better shape this morning as well. Even though its been Dekker waking all of us so early, he is also completely trashed from the new schedule. In bad moods, extra unpredictable, and he’s only been working in extremes. He will be SUPERHYPER and then he will BAWL if something goes slightly against what he prefers. Its been a huge challenge. This morning has been such a lovely change.
I got everyone up and Dekker set the table while I changed diapers. Everyone had breakfast, and then all three kids played in the loft while I did the dishes. As I was washing dishes, I kept thinking of things I need to remember to put in my hypothetical planner. I asked about the ideal planner a while back, and while I’m still researching, I’ve also slowly been designing my own templates, to have exactly what I want. Its basic layout is finally put together, we refilled our ink cartridges, aaaaand now the black one doesn’t work. Merp. So while we wait on that problem to be resolved, I continue to think of things I want to write down and schedule, and that I’m afraid I’ll forget! So once dishes were washed, I sat down at the table and made a list of things to remember to add to my planner when its finally printed off and in a book.
I was enjoying my listing and my salted caramel latte (seriously enjoying, too much) when Dekker called down in his sweetest voice “Mommy, are you done doing the dishes?” I answered that I was. He offered to come help me put them away, and I thanked him, but told him we’d let them dry a little bit longer. He then invited me up to the loft to come play. “I don’t want you to be alone” he said. This is a recent thing he’s picked up since all of the moving. He never wants us to be alone. So I thanked him and headed up to the loft.
We played in the loft for the rest of the morning! Around 11:30, I went downstairs to make lunch. Pretty quickly after leaving, Laela burst out crying. She came down and told me Rowan had driven the walker toy into her knee. I kissed her knee over and over as she stood with one foot flat on the floor and the other on a tippy toe. When she confirmed that she was feeling better, she stuck around to help me set the table and get the plates to eat spot. We kept it classy with pb&j hot dog buns, and bananas. Its so funny how changing the shape of the bun makes all the difference. The kids think its hilarious, and they eat WAY more, hahaha!
After lunch, Dekker said his thank yous and took his dishes to the sink. He came back to the table and informed me he planned to “stay happy” this afternoon. I told him that would be super awesome! Laela announced “Me too!” from her spot at the table.
Rowan is now down for a nap, but so far, the big kids have keep their promises, and are both doing very well! We’re watching some tv, and I’m on the laptop, blogging, researching some more planner ideas, and trying to figure out how to force my phone to upload its pictures onto my laptop like I’ve asked it to! Nothing has been uploaded since Sunday this week! Lucky for you, there are other ways to put pictures on here 😉
It is a rare occasion to get a picture of Dekker where he’s not making a face, so enjoy this one while you can! Luckily, they’re all still cute!