DOARS- Week 4 Day 7- Washer, Wash Me Away!

ANOTHER post- surprising right? Well, right now we are playing the catch up game. I'm in the middle of week 5 in game play, so we're trying to get stuff written before I forget what happened. This is even more important because the pictures that I have for each chapter are getting fewer and fewer because everyone is just so busy and in not a lot of varying activities. I could give you the same, snuggle, feed, toss in air, pictures every day, but really, even I would stop reading after that...

So let's get on with this!

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Dear Diary,

Day # 3 Alone. 

Is it petty to count the days that Cycl0n3 isn't there in the morning? Maybe, but I can't help it. You know how I am about that kind of thing, but even though it does start the morning off badly, I'm aware that it is probably unavoidable because the kids are always up in the early morning needing to be fed, or soothed or something like that, and it really is wonderful of Cycl0n3 to take care of that instead of waking me up.... even if it does mean that he sleeps during the day and spend most of the night awake.

Cycl0n3 was swaddling Raquel in the nursery when I popped my head in to check on her. I don't think he heard me  behind him, so I just watched him for a little while. He was telling to be good and quiet so that she didn't wake mommy, because mommy deserves a good night's rest. It was adorable. Have I mentioned how much I love my husband? No? Yes? Well, I do. I'm absolutely head over heals, madly in love with him.

Since my fantastic other half had a good handle on the child care situations, I did the housework, which included laundry for the gnomes who gifted us with a new computer and.... holy smokes! Do you see what I see? A new WASHING MACHINE! Oh my goodness! It's one of the fancy models that's supposed to be as silent as the dead. Oh. My. Word. The gnomes seriously rock, thank you gnomes! They totally deserve this laundry.

Upon further inspection of the child rearing side of things, I noticed that Hector was not in his crib. Nor in the main room. Nor in the nursery. I admit, I panicked a little bit, but I found him playing in the dirt outside with Pat. I scooped him up and told him to only go outside if mommy or daddy were with him. He giggled at my being worried and bit my hand, and then giggled a lot more. 

Needless to say it was not the best morning for me and Hector. He spent a lot of in in time out after that.

Remember than thing about me not wanting my kids to remember a dirty bathroom? Well, with Hector in time out and Cycl0n3 taking care of Raquel, I found some time to make the toilet self-cleaning. I guess we won't have to worry about that any more! This handiness thing is nothing to sneeze at!

When I finished with the toilet I heard Cycl0n3 puttering about in the garden. He was so cute when he puttered. Actually the garden was doing really well. Yesterday we made about 300$ with it! Now, I know, I know, with how the money is in SV and inflation and all that, it isn't really that much, but every little bit counts and I'm proud of him and his garden.

I went to check on the troubled child in time out and found he'd fallen asleep. Just as well, maybe that's why he had acted out more than normal, he was just tired. Man, I really hope he turns out okay. I'm doing everything I can to encourage him to be good and teach him right from wrong, but I just don't know if I'm doing any good. I wonder if that's something the gnomes could help me with?

Upon checking in on Raquel, I saw she was awake and looking around. I could tell she was perfectly content just lying there looking at her butterflies. What a good baby. Never-the-less, I wanted some mommy-daughter time so I picked her up and spent a few hours with her. After all, she was my last baby, and today was her last day of being a baby. I know I'm not big on babies, but I think I will miss having one... maybe... only a little. Not enough to have another kid, though, that's for sure.

After spending the entire day (not pictured) with my children while Cycl0n3 slept (not pictured), I was invited to that restaurant again to try their new dish. Cycl0n3 had just woken up when they called and he said I should check it out, that he could hold down the fort. Well, that was true, he was more than capable, so I got another day out, well, a few hours out anyway.

It was good, after spreading it around by word of mouth I got paid 2000$ again, which we really needed. We had saved up quite a bit, and Cycl0n3 had his eye on partnering with the diner across town. With the money I made here, we finally managed to afford it. One down, two to go.

When I got home, I saw my little girl turn into a toddler! She looked so much like me it took my breath away. She was a little clone. 

An unhappy little clone! Apparently she missed me. I snuggled her and spent some time with her, but I was pretty tired, so after about half an hour I let Cycl0n3 take over.

Is there anything better than the love of your life cuddling your daughter? I think you'd agree that it's a hard one to beat.

Cycl0n3 was eager to get Raquel potty trained. After having kids in diapers for almost longer than we could remember, and for most of our married life, it was entirely understandable that he'd want Raquel to learn how to potty on her own. And she did, actually! She picked it up quicker than any baby I've ever heard of! She's the perfect child. She really is. Just barely toddling around, and already potty trained!

Proud mother of potty trained kids,

Lynn Sw0rd