Wednesdays Suck & I'm Selfish

When I planned out my schedule for the school year, I knew Wednesdays would be nutty between bible study, morning preschool, early release for the 2nd grader and of course Wednesday evening at church, otherwise known as Prime Time.  Throw in soccer practice that day and of course, it's grandma day too and I tossed up the white flag.

Fast forward a few months and things are nutty in a different way.  I had to pull the preschooler out of his preschool because holy moly, that was a bad fit.  Praise the Lord I did find another preschool which is in the afternoon, so now I have to drop off the 5yo at grandma's, take a crying 2yo to bible study because he would rather be at grandma's, go to bible study, rush back to grandma's to pick up 5yo, kill an hour, take him to preschool, come home and find lunch before school pick up at 1:30 for mr. 2nd grader, back to pick up 5yo, dinner and rush to church.

So Wednesdays are nutty and I'm no different than most other parents who probably have an even busier schedule than mine 5 days a week.  Here is why I'm selfish....I want a full on, total grandma day.

Ummm, what the heck is grandma day? and how do I get in on that gig????

 I'm super, duper blessed to have a mother-in-law who takes one day a week out of her schedule to spend time with her grandsons.  I drop them off in the morning and they read, play, bake cookies, do whatever together, grandma and boys.  For me, this is a full day. To. Myself.

Errands, cleaning house unassisted, going back to bed because I could, quilting, beading, shopping for fabric or beads, whatever my little heart desires.  Like all good things, they must come to an end it seems.  Due to things way outside my control, grandma day doesn't really exist anymore.

So now I try to squeeze in grandma day because it's important for my boys to see their grandma and play with their cousins even if it has become a bit of an inconvenience for me.  So those other projects, errands, house work, etc. will wait another day.  Because when it's all said and done, I want my boys to remember their grandparents and treasure the time they had with them, just like I treasure all those years with my grandparents.

Day 349

Today after raiding grandma's fabric stash, I left my boys to play with their cousins and I took my raid home to play. I had purchased the service people fabric a couple of months ago with a plan to make a pillow case for my youngest. Unfortunately, the rest of the bolt was not a yard long, so I needed to add some extra fabric to make the pillow case.
It was fun to pull out my sewing machine again and create with it something my little guy is going to love. He loves any type of car or service vehicle that makes noise.

Day 175

It's another Wednesday which means a trip to the Sammamish farmer's market. Luckily, Aaron is starting to feel better, so we were able to go pick up some fresh veggies for dinner. As we were walking back to grandma's house, the boys wanted out of the double stroller. I just had to snap a picture as my boys will only be this little and this sweet for half a moment.

Day 154

My happy, pretty, orange toes. I spent the morning working at the Kids Sale at Pickering Barn and then rewarded myself with a pedicure. I had to wait on the junior high girls to get finished first (err), but it was well worth the wait and I have happy feet again.

Day 140

After spending most of my day enjoying running errands without my boys, I headed over to grandma's house to join the rest of the clan and head to the farmer's market. Well, the little stinkers left without me, so I had more free time on my hands. I grabbed my camera and started shooting pictures of grandma's flowers that are starting to bloom. This has been my favorite one at my in-laws house ever since I moved to the area. I just love the orange, coral blend of colors.

Day 119

Wednesdays are what is known in our family as 'Grandma Day'. Grandma watches my nephew on Wednesdays, so I take full advantage of cousin being at grandma's house. Normally, I get a few hours to myself to do as I wish, but today I needed grandma's help with aprons for a certain four year old birthday party. While I was there during most of the afternoon, we stopped for snack time after quiet/nap time and Aaron had been playing with the train. It was cute to see how he decided the train could carry his sippy cup from point A to point B and always be with him.

Day 7

Today is grandma day, the best day of the week. Grandma takes the boys for a day at her house and mom is free to do as she wishes. I spent my morning with a girlfriend catching up over coffee and then my afternoon was spent taking my youngest to the allergist. I do have a blog about the boys, but wanted to post this one because his diet is a major part of my daily life and I spend my days with them since I am a stay at home mom. I took this photo after all the pokes and he was a trooper that day. Next visit is in October when he turns two.