Our Adventures: you have all day...

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

you have all day...

[personal rant about yesterday]

david: why don't you take the boys on a hike? you have all day.

me: (giving david a blank stare while making my mental list for the day:)

normal chores:

sweep/mop
scrub downstairs bathroom
make breakfast lunch and dinner for 4 people, do dishes from breakfast lunch and dinner
30 minute work out in the am, 1600m swim at night (i never got to swimming, i was beat!)

extra chores:

scrub the downstairs floorboards
scrub walls and doors up to 3 feet (where little boy hands make prints), then above 5 feet (where big boy hands make prints)
mow the lawn before the storm that is supposed to blow in blows in
go through leftover yard sale stuff to give to relief society in case any sisters need anything, then load it all up to drop off at the donation center
make sure items to sell are updated on ksl (i ended up selling an item, too, which was another 30 minutes out of the day showing and helping move it out to their truck...)
make tomato sauce from garden tomatoes, make bread (didn't get to these, either)

if i have time chores:

weed the garden and inspect the squash plants for squash bugs and their eggs
take a shower

activities with the boys:

at least 20 minutes of workbook and maze book with pace
letters and puzzles with max
nap time from 2-5
as always, the endless straightening up after an almost 4 year old and 2 year old...

me: (blinking a few times, replying with a slight note of sarcasm...) uh, yeah...i do have all day...

[why do dads think staying home is always an adventure/blast/play-all-day/funnest thing in the world, we have "all day" to do things, and randomly oblige to every whim throughout the day, and they say they would *love* to be a stay-at-home dad if you wanted to go back to work?!...i'm just sayin'...]

(pace loves his mazes! and although i've never read any studies on neurological advancements due to "mazing," i would say it creates new pathways/problem solving...wouldn't you?!)

1 comment:

Jay said...: I think you should have the nap time between 2 and 5.

Take longer.

Tell them I said it was okay...; August 30, 2014 at 5:52 PM

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