Stay At Home Wednesdays

You never know what each day might hold when you wake up in the morning. Some days hold great excitement that you didn't know would be there while others can hold great disappointments that leave you weary and running for cover. Today held none of those things, but was just an average run of the mill day. I like those. I find myself looking forward to Wednesdays now because it and Thursday, my second favorite day, are the only days of the week that I don't have to leave the house. And in fact, I haven't. I walked outside twice today. Once to take the trash to the street before 7:00 and once to get a book about Thanksgiving out of our van. Perhaps that sounds boring to some, but to me, it's great. I don't see how some moms go non-stop every day shuttling their kids from place to place trying to juggle soccer practice, dance class, church, dinner, groceries, etc. I chose to be a stay at home mom because I wanted to do just that-stay at home with my kids! I didn't want to be an "in the van and on the road driving from place to place while bonding with my kids from the front seat" mom. Like I say, I understand that staying at home with three kids may seem boring to some, but I can assure you it is not. I do not eat bon-bons and I do not watch soap operas all day (or at all for that matter). (I do, however, look forward to our evening snack of chocolate milk and some sort of sweet treat after we put the girls to bed, but I digress.) Today I did lots and lots of laundry (and wondered how in the world there was already so much when I just washed everything on Saturday; I now understand why my Aunt Janice always had something in the laundry; something was always dirty!) while listening to Lainey and Sarah Grace play (though not always nicely and lovingly) in their room. I taught my girls about counting pennies and dimes and saw the look of excitement on Lainey's face when she counted to 100 by 10's. I was around when Lainey came into the kitchen to ask if even when God was mad at us, did He still love us and was able to tell her that yes, indeed He does; He may not like what we've done, but He always loves us and is very willing to forgive us when we ask. I think this question was prompted by the fact that she'd just gotten a spanking for being quite sassy (if 5 is this dramatic what is 15 going to be like? Oh well, I won't borrow trouble.) and needed to know that both we and God still loved her a whole lot. And then I was around to hear the girls giggle and to see them dance around the living room together as they watched The Nutcracker on a DVD. They were precious with their twirls and jumps (even though it did make the entire house shake each time). (My, I'm speaking parenthetically a lot tonight!) These are the reasons I wanted to stay home. So if not leaving the house on Wednesdays and Thursdays is what it takes to experience all those things then I'm going to guard them with all my might and become a hermit for two days of the week!

And just a side note, to prove that life is not boring, as I was helping Lainey do her lesson today on the letter Q, I took a break to go to the bathroom. No I realize that's not exciting; it's what I discovered on my way to the bathroom. As I walked down the hallway, I caught a whiff of something and knew without doubt that somewhere in the very near vicinity, one of our cats had pooped. Always exciting to search for that. Lon came about that time and joined me in my quest. We determined it was in our room and searched under clothing, in the bed linens, under the bed and finally discovered that Felix decided the best place for his diarrhea! was in our closet. And it wasn't enough that he did it there; no, he had to do it in several places. Always pleasant. Seriously thinking of listing dear old Felix as a freebie on Craig's List! Hopefully tomorrow will hold a little less of that kind of adventure; if not, he's banished to the garage for a long, long time.