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I feel like I wake up in the morning and don't stop running until I fall in bed at night. Today I accidentally slept in 15 minutes late and it threw our whole morning off. I managed to get everyone fed and dressed and out the door, but in the hurry I didn't have time to listen and be patient with Lily. It also left no time to locate my missing keys. All of these mishaps lead to the kids and I walking to school through a river of Lily's tears. I feel so bad that I didn't stop and listen to her and try to make the walk easier...instead I hurried her and didn't hear a word she said. She was late for school and I handed her off in a fit of tears. I'm sure her day quickly turned around, but I hate it anyway.

After we dropped Lily off, Drew, Julianna and I were off to the Y so that I could do a workout class. I love it, but it requires the kids play in the nursery for a full hour. And because they have to stay in the nursery, I only go to workout with the kids in tow a couple times a week. I feel guilty that they are spending their morning with the nursery workers and not me. Tomorrow I'm going to try a class that starts at 5:30 AM and see how that goes. Although I don't mind running, I hate to roll out of bed and run. I would rather have some sort of warm-up or at least time for my eyes to see clearly...Plus, if I workout in a group, I'm less likely to quit early like I did with Monday's run.

After my workout we headed to the library for Toddler Time. This was Julianna's first time there as an actual toddler. It was bittersweet to have my youngest starting her story times at the library. She loved it! She sat for the stories, danced with the music, clapped with the songs and watched the puppet show with rapt attention. The other special treat about story time today was ice cream! All the kids got to snack on their very own dish of the cold stuff. Drew loves story time so much that we might go back on Thursday for the preschool story time too. I love to read so it's so exciting to watch my children's love of books and reading grow.

We then headed home for lunch and naps. I laid down with Drew for about 20 minutes and then it was time for me to tackle the laundry. I only got one load through the washing machine before Drew was awake. I think maybe letting him go to sleep with his toy motorcycle and play cell phone in had was not a good idea. I think that when he rolled over he landed on on of the hard or poky toys and woke himself up. Next time I'll sneak out with the toys.

Now, after a bit of play time, it will be time to go pick up Lily from school. Our afternoon and evening is full as well. I'll need to go through Lily's backpack, motivate her to clean out her lunchbox, feed the kids a snack and allow for some unwind time before it will be time to get our swimming suits on, our towels and jammies packed and head out the door for swimming lessons. They will have their lesson, shower at the Y and head home for dinner, story time, teeth brushing and bedtime. Then begins my chore of cleaning up the kitchen for the day and going into a coma on the couch until it's time to head to bed to prepare to do it all again tomorrow.