Day 2 of 5 of single mom to 4; 2014 edition

Shit always begins to hit the fan on day two. 

Today started more how I expected....

alarms went off on every iDevice we have, I managed to sleep through them. Wayne called 4 times before I heard it ring. I went back to sleep for another 20 minutes even though I swear I had rolled off the bed and walked into the bathroom. Whatever.


The boys did their usual "I can't find any clothes" and "He said this, stole this, touched this..."



I got the lunches packed, the breakfast presented (I do not SERVE breakfast) and the children clothed. We made it out the door at the time we normally leave when we don't have to drop off Jake....so you can imagine how that went....there was no catching the buses at Mt. View today, instead we drove into Belle, dropped off Jake, drove out of Belle, over to Spear, dropped Andy off at Creekside, Zach off at West, Luke off at Kid Konnection and then parked myself at Mt. View.


It's career day here at Kindergarten...... we have mining engeneers, vets, cops, rock stars, fireman, Supergirl, chefs, cheerleaders, ball players, doctors, nurses, dentists, princesses, fisherman, hunters, farmers and of course, LOTS of teachers big and small!!!!

(By the way, totally dropped the ball on it also being career day for Zach at West....he declared his latest future career and strutted it proud today regardless of his bright green Old Navy fleece sweater as the attire, another obsession of the Spring- he plans to be Andy & Devin's BUTLER when he grows up. I shit you not, that is the kid's dream job for the better part of this year.) 




Someone loves us enough to leave fresh veggies and roasted red pepper hummus in the lounge, which is already gone at 9:30am. YUM!!! ....and there's a crockpot full of some sort of amazing smelling, presumably taco, meat in there too! YAY for not having to pack my own lunch.


My productivity for the week is slipping already and it's only Tuesday :/ It may not be the best day to give up caffeine but it's what I'm doing today...Go ME!!!


I managed throughout the afternoon, ran about a thousand errands and then took Zach back into the dentist. As you may recall, he hit has mouth on a slide at Watiki Saturday. It took him quite a while to fess up to what had happened. There was just blood pouring out of his mouth and he looked like hell. 

He was able to chew and didn't seem too bothered by it the rest of the weekend so I had put it off on priority one with all we had going on. Then this morning when we were getting ready for school, he came up to me and complained about his teeth still hurting. This reminded me I had intended to call the dentist yesterday. It was now top priority. On the way back to Belle after school, the boys were being boys in the back seat and Andy popped Zach in the mouth somehow. He was crying so hard he couldn't breathe!

 They were able to squeeze Zach in around 6pm. We got there early and read some very interesting books on teeth. Then both Jacksons checked out his mouth, checked x-rays and took pictures. In the end they decided to wait to do anything. They said his roots were wide open and could not be worked on right now, but if

he developed a blister, pimple looking thing above his teeth or if they started to darken in color he would have to go to a specialist and have them worked on with the possibility of his teeth dying. I was told yet again that he would need braces as well. He has an entire list of "don't eats" including apples, carrots, suckers, hard candy, gum, large bites of meat or anything that would require the use of his two front teeth or hard suction, the way

I understood it. In 10 days if there has not been improvement we are to go back. His front teeth used to severely overlap and now there is a gap between them!!! They are incredibly loose. AND YES THESE ARE

HIS TWO FRONT TOP PERMANENT ADULT TEETH!!!!!!! 














Yikes.

Wayne decided not to be shown up by his wife on a business trip and is currently at a Rockies game with a ticket much cheaper than mine and around as close to the field ;)

Visit Rapid City is displayed at the stadium. 




Jake has struck again.....

and again.....

He can now operate the microwave :/

and again....

wonder what the rabbit is thinking?

He has taken no less than 3 baths tonight and still went to bed filthy and muddy. He has this thing with diaper digging. It is absolutely disgusting and I have no idea what is wrong with him, but if you don't notice right away that he has pooped.....

If seen, shoo back to the yard.....

Straight from the tub, out the door into the mud.

He also got into the side yard mud hole twice tonight, caked himself in toothpaste once and soaked himself in the sink...if only that were after the toothpaste. Terrible two's are here to stay. 


Luke's Preschool/Kindergarten group do a "Where I Live" field trip this week where they go around to each house and find something (goodie) on the porch. 19 packs of sidewalk chalk are ready to go....

Last year it was day 2 of 5 of single mom to 4 while Wayne was at state wrestling in Watertown that shit started hitting the fan as well. Jake was 6 months old and got RSV from some of my daycare kiddos. He was bad. I almost called the ambulance twice when he wasn't getting any air and turning purple despite all his nebs and meds I was pumping through him. At that point everything about him stopped growing. His teeth that were coming up stopped, his hair quit thickening, his weight stayed the same 16#s for 3 months straight, his tube surgery was postponed because 6 weeks later he relapsed and flared up the RSV again (didn't even know that was something that could happen). Anyhow, back to 2014....this time Jake has allergies or a cold brewing (maybe due to the fact that he hops out of the tub and runs out the door naked as a jaybird), but nothing too bad, its someone else who has medical issues on the rise amongst everything else. 

We are all headed to bed and hoping for a great tomorrow :)