A peek into Caleb and My day

I was going to post a pictures of Christina's party at Cocoa Beach, but they are on Mike's laptop and he is down south in Sebastian again. I really miss it when he takes his laptop to work with him. During the day, if I get online, Caleb is right on my lap, as he is right now, bugging me to play his preschool games. Then at 3 Christina and Zachary are home and then they are fighting over the computer. So forget it then. I try and get up before Caleb, but lately he has been getting up when Zachary does. So this is my usual day..... Get up at 7, get Zachary up, dressed, fed and to the bus stop. Then make Caleb and I breakfast, and read the paper. I try and do a few chores to get them out of the way. Usually tho this takes a few hours because I am constantly being stopped by Caleb to look at something he did, or pick something up, or help him with something. We try and do his preschool at 11. I have been trying to spend an hour teaching him, but after 10 minutes he is done, and needs a break. So a few minute break and its back to round 2. Its during these breaks that I try and get online. If nothing else but to check mail. 12:00 is lunch time. He is a pretty big eater. Bowl of oatmeal or cereal in the morning and a ham and cheese sandwich for lunch. And if I don't constantly keep my eye on him, he will get in the pantry or fridge and get snacks. Just now he came over with a bowl of raisins. Not just a few, but I think he dumped half the bag into it.

The other time consuming stuff of the day is filled with cleaning up messes. At least this only took a minute to sweep up. (he loves reading this NASCAR book) By the way, I started this post at 10:12. It is now 11:34. I try to type a sentence or two before I am off to clean, play or whatever. After he eats lunch we do any errands. If I don't have to leave then the rest of the afternoon is a basic repeat of the morning. Play with Caleb, do a chore, play with Caleb, get online, play with Caleb. At 3 we walk to the bus stop to get Zachary. At 4, I start preparing dinner and helping Zachary with his homework. Dinner is anywhere between 5 and 6. Then its shower time for both boys. After their shower Zachary has to read 3 books. Then we watch a TIVO'd show like Funny Videos or The Simpsons. Bed time for the boys is 8. By 9 I am usually asleep too.

Wheres Mike in this? Usually he is home. Its basically the same. Except I end up doing more projects or errands because he takes over playing with Caleb.

So for those of you that ask if I am bored yet staying at home. Hell NO!!! How can this be boring? I am truly enjoying hanging out with Caleb. This fall he will go to preschool from 8:30 - 11:30 5 days a week. Then its full time kindergarten. So I am cherishing every moment I spend with him.

Here is a picture of Christina and her boyfriend Robbie. He is a GOOD kid. In fact, all of her friends are GOOD kids. None of them are trouble makers or druggies. Zachary and Caleb love Robbie. He plays with them like my brothers do. Teasing and rough housing. They played Hide and Seek the other night. Scared me when I opened the pantry to find Robbie standing in it!! On the way back from the beach I had 5 kids in the Durango with me, and I thanked them for being such great friends to her which has made our move soooo much easier. And they thanked me for bringing her into their lives. They all said how much they love her. (she wasn't in the car, her and Robbie and 2 others were in Mikes car.) I'm so happy for her!!

Time to finally post. Its only 12:12!! Lunch time!