today was something....Got lots done this morning. Laundry, cooking, cleaning, pumping up a leaky car tire by hand, making sure all the animals had plenty of food and water, etc. The boys and I headed off to pick up a friend and go shopping at Costco. Afterwards promising Cyprian if he was a good boy that he would get pizza we got to UD, Franz and I wanted to go to confession and mass. Clement was really hyper meaning I spent most of mass time outside looking in and wishing I could pay attention. After mass I handed Clement to Franz, and he proceeded to scream while I went into confession. Needless to say I did the best I could under the circumstances, then Franz went to confession and afterwards we all ate pizza in the Braniff building. Franz was technically working in the tutor lab, but there was nobody there, so instead he got paid a half hours wage to eat pizza:')
Finally the boys and I went home. I let the boys loose and unloaded the car. Then I took the boys to the back and put Clement in the swing while I took down clothes from the lines. I heard the neighbors next door and told Cyprian he could go say hi, but to not go over because I didn't want the puppy going next door and getting in trouble. So of course Cyprian opens the gate between the neighbors yard and ours and he and Pepper go traipsing over. I couldn't leave Clement in the swing so I got him out and headed next door. I decided to set Clement down leave him by the gate while I went to fetch Pepper and Cyprian. Well Clement was very vocal in prostesting being left behind. Meanwhile I had to catch Pepper who thought it was a game and Cyprian was laughing and also running away. I got Pepper and brought her back over to our yard and shut the gate, then picked up Clement. Pepper quickly started to slip under a spot of the fence so I quickly put Clement down in the processes knocking him down and grabbed at Pepper who yelped as I got her hind leg. I pulled Pepper out and told her to stay and picked up crying Clement. I suddenly felt something very wet on my right leg near my hip. My first thought was that Pepper had wet on me, then I thought maybe Clement, then it dawned on me, when I had checked on the chickens right after getting home I had found one egg in the coop. I put it in my pocket thinking I would run it in after I got the clothes off the lines.... Well I had a nice sticky mess that now Pepper was quite happily licking my jeans pocket of the slimy mess. I still had to get Cyprian and somehow keep Pepper in our yard so while holding Clement I had Pepper come with me to get some concrete slabs to carry over to the fence and line along the bottom. Finally the neighbor girl was able to convince Cyprian to come back to our yard. The boys said good night to the neighbors because it was already 7:45 p.m. I decided since we were out side that we would finish night chores of checking all the animals and tucking them in for the night. This of course took a bit longer with the boys tagging along or should I say wreaking havoc.
Finally we got in the house and I said we needed to get ready for bed. I wanted to get out of my sticky jeans, so as fast as I could I did so while listening to the boys get into a scuffle. Cyprian complained that he was hungry, so I said fine eat the piece of pizza you didn't finish. Cyprian ate most of the pizza and drank a glass of milk, while I fed Clement sweet potatoes and little pieces of pizza. Cyprian had to be reminded that we don't eat on the couch. I swear I look away for less than a minute and something is going on! Once they were filled to the bellyful capacity, I commenced the washing and dressing for bed. I started with Clement who was nice and orange from the sweet potatoes. Once he was done I started Cyprian, meanwhile Clement decide to climb on the little red piano and from that get on the shelf and pull a glass candle holder with heavy candle off the shelf. I grabbed Clement and corrected him which started the wail of offense and hurt. Once I got Cyprian in night pants I proceeded to read him (Harry and the lady next door) while holding him in my lap. This got Clements attention once he realized I was not feeling sorry for him. He rushed over and sat on my lap also. Clement likes to bug Cyprian and it doesn't take much. Clement purposely tried to turn pages before I was done reading them and elbowing Cyprian who was becoming exasperated. We finally made it to the end of the story, then headed off to the bathroom for teeth brushing time. Clement loves his toothbrush, but hates the course of action I take with it in actually brushing his eight pearly's. One child down one to go Cyprian was pretty good but while I was brushing his teeth I had to put my leg out to stop Clement from climbing on the toilet and pulling all the toilet paper out. He was mad! Lastly I herded the boys to their room where Cyprian amazingly picked up all his blocks I told him to and Clement played with his Noah's ark while I picked up the last few toys. We then settled down to me nursing Clement while sitting by Cyprian's bed and praying the rosary. The sweet descent of peace when all the chaotic stress from the day drains away and the little ones drift off to slumber land. Now here I sit typing this when in reality I still need to finish my dishes and writes something else out. Now I feel better though and I think I can go to bed and hopefully get a good night sleep, even if it is a little late...
P.S. Franz was reading to me earlier today how smileys are a drunken form of literature, so apparently I am a drunken mess with my writing because I like to over use smileys:') ;') :'0 Yeah, yeah, I know go to bed already....
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