Mommy HAS to be quick on her feet

It is just an unwritten job requirement that mommys have to be quick on their feet.

This morning started as any typical school/work day - I woke up at 5:15, did a workout (for those of you who haven't tried the Leslie Sansone walk at home dvd's - I am LOVING them right now!), jumped in the shower and went to wake the kids. Mikaela checked under her pillow because she lost a tooth last night and declared she did not want a dollar like Devin got - she wanted a shiny quarter! Well.... last night the tooth fairy pondered this for a moment and she decided that if Mikaela got her shiny quarter and went to school and told everyone and then they realized Devin got a dollar she would find out she got shorted - so the tooth fairy went ahead and left her FOUR shiny quarters. Well, Devin was quite upset this morning to find out that SHE got 4 quarters and he only got 1 dollar - Mikaela looked at him and said "Devin, it's the same thing" :-)

While they were getting dressed, Devin decided he didn't want to buy lunch afterall today because after his teacher brings them down to the lunchroom and he stands in line he doesn't have enough time to eat his whole lunch - so I rushed off to the kitchen to make his lunch and get breakfast together. THEN Devin comes in and tells me he had a little accident so we have to do a rush job in the shower! When I finally get my act together and we're getting ready to head out the door... Devin declares his pants are falling down and he needs his belt. I race to the closet, can't find his belt, realize he's probably left it at Kevin's and find another pair of pants for him to put on. Meanwhile I'm grabbing my things (including the incorrect prescription I have to bring back to the drugstore because they gave me EYE drops for my EAR infection) and I look at Mikaela and I see at least an inch of white socks at her ankles. I rush back into their room and find another pair of pants for her to put on! We finally head out the door, get caught at every light (of course) and I arrive at the school with 3 minutes to spare! I walk them to the door and finally exhale as I walk back to my car. What a morning...

Where Does the Time Go?

Life has just been rushing by - SO much has happened - guess I really should get back into more regular blogging! So to catch up:

Last week BOTH kids were sick - out for the count! Mikaela with a fever and coughing, Devin with a fever and flu-like symptoms. Fortunatley school was out Monday for President's Day, they went Tuesday (after being out since LAST Wednesday due to snow) and then they were out again Wednesday-Friday. Mikaela was better by Friday but her teacher had dropped off the homework Thursday so she spent the day catching up. Devin was finally better by Saturday. So this week both kids are back in school and we are back to our normal crazy lives...

We had Girl Scouts Monday (oh yeah - the cookies are in! I had 150 boxes in the trunk of my car for delivery at work that I refused to bring into the house - oh the temptation), they had a dentist appointment Tuesday (Mikalea had such a loose tooth dangling that the hygenist just pulled it out! Now they are both missing the exact same tooth!), tonight we have NOTHING and Thursday Devin has Boy Scouts at 7 AND my mom flies in at 6:30 for the kids birthday party on Saturday!

Again I ask.... where does the time go?