So Why No Post Lately?

I have not been posting lately. I'm not one to give excuses, because they are just sob stories. So instead, here is a story that tells what my day was like today...

The girls wake me up at 7:30a. I get up and feed them breakfast. 2 bowls of cereal and peanut butter toast. I clean up breakfast mess, load and start the dishwasher. I start separating laundry. Break up a fight over a box. Continue separating laundry. Help Olivia pee on the potty, and put her clothes on. Start my first load of laundry. Clean the laundry room because the repair man left a mess yesterday. Change Evie's diaper, and get her dressed. Find Sophie in the closet picking out her own clothes. I help her pee on the potty and get her dressed. I check my email. I read part of a paper from my capstone paper research group. I break up a fight over my rain boots that Olivia found in the back closet. I put the load from the washer in the dryer and start a new load. I feed the girls a morning snack after a lot of crying and whining because they want something different. I pick up the house a little (and I'm still in my pajamas). I try to preoccupy Sophie who is crying at the slider because she wants to go swimming in the pool. I tell her after lunch. I start to make a list of food to bring on my vacation next week. I preheat the oven for lunch because our oven is broken and takes 30min. to preheat. Olivia poops in her underwear. I put her in the corner to sit on it while I continue my list. I change Olivia's clothes and rinse out the dirty ones. I finally decide I should put on clothes and a baseball hat instead of pajamas. I start getting the girls' lunch ready. I catch Olivia in the cupboards trying to get marshmallows. The girls want to eat on the deck so I wipe off the table out there. I get the lunch all ready to go, including drinks, and bring it out to them. They eat and I unload the dishwasher. I switch loads of laundry, fold a load, and put it away. I decide to eat a little something. Sophie gets finished eating her lunch and wants to go swimming. I put sunscreen on her and put on her bathing suit. I help the other two finish their lunches because apparently they can't seem to scoop it into their own mouths. I screen them and put their bathing suits on. Someone has peed in the potty outside. I empty it and clean it. The girls fight over a big cup in the pool. I search the house for two more big cups. Yes! Found two more. I clean up the lunch dishes and load the dishwasher again. I switch loads of laundry, fold a load, and put it away. The girls are outside asking for the sprinkler. I throw on my bathing suit top and set up the sprinkler outside. They run through it for two seconds, and decide they rather ride bikes. I get the mail and bring back the trash can to the garage. The girls fight over a bike (when all three are the same!) I water my hanging basket, bring the mail inside, and switch loads of laundry - but I don't have time to fold a load. The girls are now chasing a neighbor cat into the sandbox in their bathing suits! I start the bathtub, and call for them. One at a time they come up, I strip them and put them in the bathtub (they haven't had baths in awhile). I quickly hang the shirts that will wrinkle in my basket. I wash the girls and let them play. But they fight more than they play now. I get out new clothes and pull-ups for naps. One at a time I get the girls out of the tub, lotion, and cloth them. I comb through Evie's beautifully curly and tangley hair. The girls watch an episode of Backyardigans while I clean up the soaked bathroom, and hang their wet suits outside. I tell Sophie to go potty. Did I turn the sprinkler off? I go outside to check - Yes! I did! I search for the girls' blankies and bunnies for naptime. I make Olivia pee before bedtime. I come back in to check on her and she has unravelled an entire new roll of toliet paper on the floor. Sweet. Then at 2:00 I finally get to put them off to bed. I sit down to quickly type this post because someone is mad that I haven't updated in awhile. There! Now back to work!