I have neglected this blog and won't even attempt to play catch-up. Life is so busy for us these days that Izaac ends up falling asleep in his carseat and napping on the couch while I hurry to make dinner before the next mad dash to the car. We finished up the soccer season and silly me- decided to start karate for the boys and gymnastics for Ellie. If there wasn't 25,000 returned soldiers getting on and off post during the same hour I'm trying to get on/off for karate I wouldn't spend two hours in the car...I planned carefully so that we wouldn't be "over-scheduled." But 4 kids is synonymous with over-scheduled. I have entered the realm of never catching up...on laundry, on shopping, on sleep, on photo-albums, on life. And I love it- I love watching the kids discover their passions and their talents. I love it when Jaylon comes home and we have dinner together as a family in between all of the activities. Life is busy but so good and so fun. Today was supposed to be my catch-up day. Jay was off playing at a friend's house and Ellie and Jax were in school so I had Big Plans, Lofty Goals etc. I was foiled by Izaac. I'm a slow learner. I guess I didn't realize how much I rely on big brother to watch little brother and keep him out of trouble while I'm getting ready for the day. I went looking for Izaac when I got out of the shower and he had climbed up on our kitchen table and was feeding himself leftover cereal and milk. Messy but not too terrible. So I put him back in his room to play with toys while I fixed my hair (5 minutes tops!) and then went looking for him again. He was having a party with a used-to-be-full bottle of syrup. His clothes and hair and my table and floor were soaked in syrup. He toddled over to the carpet and took aim at some legos after his bath. Honestly, he's my 3rd boy. You'd think I'd know better. Sooooooo, today wasn't a catch-up day after all. There's no such thing for me. For now.
