Cats! and Dogs! and Crabs!!! OH MY!

The morning started out a little hectic since Catie got to bed so late without a shower! It took forever to drag her out of bed and then actually get her into the shower and drag her back out! She got the "I hate mornings" thing from me because I hate mornings. Since she got her new haircut I have to blow her hair dry so it doesn't dry all wonky and even though it only takes 5 minutes to fix her hair, we had 15 minutes before we had to walk out the door and the boys weren't dressed. I got Charlie dressed and woke Max up (bad way to start his day) and we ran out the door. Poor Max didn't even have shoes on his feet!

She made it to school on time and I got to Karen's house to sit with grandmother and Kristen and as I was getting the boys out of the van she was running out the door. I hauled the boys up the front steps and opened the door and the dogs greeted us with happiness! Max greeted them back with a howl and started to cry. For some reason he doesn't like dogs right now. He wouldn't come in the house until I got the dogs away from the door. Mind you these are small dogs. Trying to hold the door open with one hand and hold the car seat and get Max in the house while holding back dogs is no small chore and I was tired before I even got everyone in the house.

Max went to go wake up Kristen (much to her annoyance) and I pulled him out of there and went to feed Charlie. Max settled in the floor to play with a toy and low and behold the cat came waltzing in and started messing with Max. The cat ran its tail under Max's nose and rubbed on his shirt and my little "Don't touch me" boy freaked out! I chased the cat away while still feeding Charlie and calmed Max down. Talk about multi-tasking!!

Finally Kristen woke up and came in to play with Max. They decided to go play in her room and since she is almost 6 I let them play in her room while I got Charlie changed and set for the day. I went in to check on them about 20 minutes later and saw them huddled around this baby doll diaper and went to investigate. God Bless! It was a hermit crab. I HATE CRABS! Kristen was okay with getting it out of its cage since it was still in its shell but Im guessing crabs like diapers and he climbed on out of that shell and no one wanted to put it away. Gross. I went in the kitchen and found some tongs and gingerly picked up the crab (which wanted to hold on to the diaper for dear life) and placed him back in his cage. I was totally grossed out. Here lately things like poop and vomit and crabs and things that are scaly or slimy make me quite sick to my stomach. Having 2 boys means that I have way more of things like that to come so I hope I get over it pretty fast. The tongs went it the sink and by that time it was time to wake up Grandmother. She didn't get up willingly and it took a few tries but we were successful. Karen came home for lunch and after Grandmother was fed and medicated I headed out the door with the boys and Kristen.

When we got home Max got a nap, Charlie got fed and laid down, and while Kristen watched TV I took a much needed "nap". When you have this many kids you don't really get to take a nap. More like resting your eyes as my grandmother puts it so accurately. I know what is going on and who is doing what and I'm never quite asleep. I get just enough rest to recharge my batteries (which seem to be draining quickly these days) and hopefully finish my day.

Catie had a good day at school and got on the right bus today! Yay!!! Chas had a decent day and is grateful that Greg is back from Aruba. Only one more work day left and we get to start our always hectic weekend! We are headed to the Farmers Market on Saturday after my coaches meeting for soccer. There is a great park (free) that is by the Market and it has this really neat spot where water shoots out of the ground. Catie and Max should have a blast. Sunday is reserved for mowing mom's yard and I think we are working on dad's yard as well. Fun times! Chas loves to mow so it is a nice break for him although I wonder how he will feel about mowing after this weekend since it is supposed to be 98 degrees. What a guy!!