A Thursday List

Things are a bit crazy here, what with the schooling of the children and all.  Just the other day, Handsome Dude looked at me during reading time and asked,

“Mom, did you just wake up or sum-fing?”

Of course, we all know that he meant to say, “something.”

Homeschoolers.

Me:  No, why?

Handsome Dude:  Because your hair looks really crazy.  Like you didn’t even comb it after you slept.

And on that note, let us make a list!  A list of how I am losing my mind.

(For the record, I do regularly cleanse and groom myself.  Thank you)

1)  Little Dude.

Dude needs to learn how to focus, man.

Let us take this morning for an example, shall we?

Little Dude was told by yours truly to please clear his cereal bowl and get his cute hiney into the bathroom for his morning shower.  Little Dude runs past me, so I, the ever trusting mother, assumed he had did as I had instructed.

I was mistaken.

So, I head into the bathroom to inform Dude that he needs to CLEAR HIS BOWL.

He is naked, but I do not care.  So off he goes.  He leaves the shower running.  I, assuming he would be quick, let it run and began to dry my hair.

I was mistaken.

A few minutes later, I noticed my hair is nearly dry and the shower is missing one easily distracted 5 year old boy.

I head out to the kitchen to see Little Dude, completely naked, sitting on top of the kitchen table while trying to watch Handsome Dude dude one of his reading games on the computer.

Me:  Dude!  What were you supposed to be doing?

Little Dude (looking bewildered):  Oh, right!  Shower!

And off his nekked hiney skipped to the shower.

2)  And, yes.  I had to remind him to turn the shower off.

And, yes.  I had to remind him to actually step out of the shower (this part is always tricky for him.)

And, yes.  I had to remind him to actually use the towel to wipe the water droplets off of his body.

And, yes.  I had to actually beg him to get his clothes on.

And we all made it to school on time.  If you can believe it.

Later that day when we were reading, I told him he smelled nice.

“That’s because I used TWO GALLONS of shampoo in the shower this morning, Mom!”

The boy has a good handle on “units of measurement.”

Homeschool.  Math.  Check.

3)  Tuesday was a bad day.  A horrible, no good, very bad day.  Everyone was either crying or cranky, with yours truly being the crankiest.

So, at 10 am, I broke out some banana cream pie and we took a break and visited our kitties and horses.  Worked wonders.

Until we had to go back to school.

4)  Zumba!  I have now been to TWO Aqua Zumba classes and ONE Zumba toning class.  As if I can’t get any cooler.  The Aqua Zumba class works because I can have the kids near me in the pool.

I am not saying I WANT them near me.  But I probably should, you know, care for them.  David does not get home in time to watch the bambinos for the Aqua Zumba, so we all go.

After the class, I let the children swim for a bit.

Homeschool.  P.E.  Check.

After a bit, Handsome Dude got out of the pool and led his siblings in his own version of Zumba.

Homeschoolers.

I feel pretty lucky that we have a nice gym about 15 minutes away from us.  Tonight, David was able to get home in time for me to go to a Zumba toning class

All.

By.

My.

Self.

It was pretty fantastic.

5)  Guess how many times a day I have to correct my boys when they say the “d” sound for “b.”

Go on.

Guess.

Happy Thursday!