Thursdays.

My Thursdays are super busy. They go something like this:

6 am - Dave wakes me up. I am not happy. I go take a shower and start getting ready

6:10 - I get all backpacks on the stove. Clothes laid out in order on the couch. Make sure Eli is up.

6:20 - I get all the little kids up. Usually, Mallie is with us, so I get them all three on the couch and let them watch about 10 minutes of "Spongie" while I put my makeup on and fix my hair.

6:30 - Mallie goes first. Hair/teeth brushed. clothes on. She is a willing participant. She is not as whiny as the other kids. She is still afraid of me. Emma is next. She is usually fussy by Thursday.

7 - I sit the girls down on the couch while I get dressed. Somewhere in the middle, I have put Tripps clothes on.

7:05 - I get Tripp in the bathroom. He refuses to open his mouth to brush his teeth. EVERY MORNING. If I swat his butt, he cries. Then I can brush his teeth. He wears "man stuff." This is deoderant, cologne and Dave's Auqa Net hairspray. Yes, Dave still uses Aqua Net.

7:20 - out the door. In the van. Wait, no kids have shoes on. So we do a shoe scramble.
And off we go.

Somewhere in the middle, I feed breakfast.

First stop - Eli. Second Stop - Emma and Mallie. Third Stop - Tripper
Fourth Stop - Me. I am at work by 7:50 a.m.

I go to class on Thursdays from 9:10 - 12:45.
Then, I go back to work until 2:45 when I go pick all the kids up. Eli has football practice, so he stays at school.

I take Mallie to her Dad at 3:05, my little kids go to grandma's at 3:10.
I have a class at Tech from 4 - 5:50.
Eli has football games on Thursday nights at 6:30. So I go there.

We all get home by 9 p.m. Baths, teeth, clothes picked out.
It starts all over.