10:00pm I have just laid down to go to bed and Reed starts screaming. I wait a few minutes to see if he calms down on his own. He doesn't, so I go into his room and find him scratching himself all over, crying, and screaming. He won't talk to me when I ask him what's wrong, so I get him tucked back in and give him a kiss, he is calming but a few minutes later he is screaming again. Jon now goes in and Reed refuses to talk to him as well, I head back in and he finally tells me he is itchy and wants milk. I get him a glass of hemp milk and put lotion all over his arms, legs, and abdomen (sometimes we will give him more allergy medicine at this point but we've recently doubled his dosage and I don't want to play with it unless necessary). He's in a short sleeve pajama top and pajama bottoms and when he is itchy he hates being able to see his eczema sores and he asks if he can have long sleeve pajamas. I tell him yes, even though I worry he's going to be warm.
10:30 Reed is finally back in bed and feeling much more comfortable, I tuck him in and he tells me he loves me.
11:00 Reed is back to sleep so I finally go to bed.
5:15am My alarm goes off so I get up and workout.
5:15am My alarm goes off so I get up and workout.
6:15 Both boys wake-up, almost simultaneously - Reed comes charging down the hallway as I hear Kieran cry out. Reed and I go to Kieran's room and the boys curl up on his rug.
6:30 I make breakfast for the boys (cinnamon/raisin bagels with allergen free butter, blueberries, hemp milk, and vitamins). I clean out the dishwasher and make my breakfast as soon as I sit down strawberries are requested. I wash some strawberries and put them on Reed and Kieran's plates. We discuss plans for the day I want to do laundry, Kieran wants to walk Dodger, and Reed wants to do a craft project. While the boys finish up breakfast I put away my exercise stuff and feed Dodger.
7:00 I wipe the boys up and Jon walks in to the kitchen to say goodbye. While the kids play with toys on the kitchen floor I do dishes. I start a load of laundry, change K's diaper (which he so nicely takes to the trash himself), get both boys dressed, brush their teeth, and do Reed's inhaler.
7:30 The boys are playing nicely together in Reed's room so I check my email and pick up toys that didn't get put away last night.
7:00 I wipe the boys up and Jon walks in to the kitchen to say goodbye. While the kids play with toys on the kitchen floor I do dishes. I start a load of laundry, change K's diaper (which he so nicely takes to the trash himself), get both boys dressed, brush their teeth, and do Reed's inhaler.
7:30 The boys are playing nicely together in Reed's room so I check my email and pick up toys that didn't get put away last night.
7:50 We start the process of leaving to walk Dodger by getting hats and sweatshirts on. Then Reed insists he needs to find a toy horse that is lost, then Kieran needs a toy to take along too. Finally we make it to the garage where Kieran is devastated when Reed wants to wear shoes instead of boots. Finally we leave to walk Dodger, Reed gets out and runs for the last half mile and Kieran follows suit for the last 200 yards or so. We stay outside and stop to play in the vegetable garden before going in the backyard. I have hopes of getting some irrigation fixed but the boys are into everything and there are trucks and tractors in the fields today so I don't feel comfortable letting them wander too far from me.
9:00 We are back in the house, wash our hands, and "Second Breakfast" is requested - Reed has Sunbutter and honey on toast with banana slices with hemp milk, K has leftover bagel from breakfast, water, a box of raisins, 1/2 banana, and then steals the apple I'm trying to eat. I take care of a work problem on my laptop.
9:20 The three of us head to my bathroom, I start the requested Super Why show on my iPad, and put clothes in the dryer. I'm about to get in the shower when my Mom calls to talk about family visiting in August. I finally get in the shower when I notice there is about five minutes left on the show and finish just as the credits roll.
9:45 I'm out of the shower, Super Why is over, K has pooped, and I realize Reed hasn't gone to the bathroom in a long time. I take Reed to the bathroom and get him on the toilet, I change K's diaper, hollering at Reed to pull up his pants and wash his hands when he's done. He runs half naked out of the bathroom and I have to track him down and get him dressed. I put another load of laundry in the washing machine.
10:10 We head outside and race bikes/cars, Kieran gets into Dodger's treats, and then we play with bubbles including one of their favorite games "bubble baseball" which means they pop bubbles by swinging bubble wands at them.
10:50 K walks into the street after I've told him "no" repeatedly, so we immediately cleanup and head inside. As we are walking into the house Kieran falls and bumps his head, hugging and kissing do nothing but a pretzel seems to fix everything. The boys both get water and then we play a game with a bunch of balls.
11:20 They are both very cranky and sleepy. I quickly make our lunches (quinoa, BBQ chicken, avocado, and hemp milk).
11:20 They are both very cranky and sleepy. I quickly make our lunches (quinoa, BBQ chicken, avocado, and hemp milk).
11:50 I take Kieran to his room, put him in a fresh diaper, read two books, get Reed to take a picture of the cuddling, am requested to take a picture of Reed with Kieran, and then lay K down right at noon.
1:00 I fold laundry and quickly do my hair and makeup, normally I don't do this on days I stay home, but we are going out to dinner so I make an attempt at looking presentable.
1:30 I join a conference call for work.
2:15 The conference call is over, I put the laundry away, get mail, do a blog post on the previous weekend's McClarty Party, make a few doctors appointments, and call a handy man about a project we need done.
3:00 K wakes up and is uncharacteristically grumpy - he is working on a few new teeth but he is beyond cranky and the only two things that seem to make him happy are holding the teething tabs container (not actually taking them) and gnawing on pretzels. We settle on playing with some plastic eggs and cuddling.
3:30 Kieran and I wake Reed, I read The Pout Pout Fish book to them, then change Kieran's diaper, Reed goes potty, once again I move laundry around, and then we make a smoothie (veggie/berry juice, spinach, kale, hemp seeds, banana).
4:15 Uncle Kyle calls to say hi, I get the boys their tent out to play with while I talk to him. Kieran gets bored and plays with blocks in Reed's room, I pack up the diaper bag while chatting. Reed discovers K in his room playing with blocks and completely loses it screaming and kicking. I tell Kyle I need to go and Reed calms down to say goodbye to Annaliese. Reed and I then have a talk about proper behavior and using words to resolve problems. I clean up our smoothie mess, put on some non-workout clothes, and change Reed's shirt because it is covered in stains.
4:15 Uncle Kyle calls to say hi, I get the boys their tent out to play with while I talk to him. Kieran gets bored and plays with blocks in Reed's room, I pack up the diaper bag while chatting. Reed discovers K in his room playing with blocks and completely loses it screaming and kicking. I tell Kyle I need to go and Reed calms down to say goodbye to Annaliese. Reed and I then have a talk about proper behavior and using words to resolve problems. I clean up our smoothie mess, put on some non-workout clothes, and change Reed's shirt because it is covered in stains.
5:10 Jon gets home. He was able to hit the gym so he showers quickly. I take Reed to the restroom and put the boys in the car. We leave for dinner at a local restaurant in honor of our friend Yayo's Birthday.
5:30 We have fun seeing a lot of our friends and their kids (at one point there was basically a baby corral where five Dads were rocking their babies - beyond adorable) but the boys get antsy and are stir crazy and ravenous by 6:00, the meager applesauce and hemp milk I packed does not hold them over long. They are also tortured by watching some of the other kids playing on iPads - note to self never forget the iPad again if we are going somewhere where others may have one!
7:45 We arrive home and I discover Reed has peed his pants in the car. This is beyond frustrating as the drive was all of 7 minutes and we asked him before we left the restaurant if he needed to go. Jon and I tag team putting the boys in their pajamas, brush their teeth, and give Reed his medicines and inhaler. I read a book to Kieran, it's one that has a puppet built in and he insists on kissing the horse on every page. We say goodnight and lay him down at 8:00pm he is asleep almost immediately. We then take Reed to his room and Jon reads him a book. I tuck him in and say goodnight at 8:10. I go to feed Dodger and hear Reed come out of his room. Jon takes him back to bed and gives him a few books to look through.
8:30 Reed is asleep
9:45 Kieran cries out, but puts himself back to sleep without me having to go into his room.
