Hour 4 1:00-2:00 PM

I spoke too soon – You can’t get into the van when Max is poopy and missing his shoes and socks.  I find him rummaging through the pantry like a stray dog shoulder deep in a tipped over trash can.  The pantry floor now looks like the van did a couple hours ago, and his face is covered in Frito Lay Cheddar Cheese powder.  No time though, gotta change him and put on his shoes.  We head out to the van to play musical chairs.  Max wants to sit in the back, while I try to coax him into the seat by the door.  Meanwhile Brooke is running around like a free-range chicken in the front yard refusing to follow any directions whatsoever.

I am driving off 5 minutes before the hour as I pass Jake and Luke’s bus.  I remember now that they are coming home and I can’t remember if I left the door unlocked – too late now.  I try not to consider all of the different ways Luke would react to that situation…and I begin to feel sorry for every neighbor’s door that he might go knock on to tell them he has been abandoned by his negligent father.

Get Max dropped off and head home singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with Brooke to prevent the little booger from falling asleep in the car.  From what Sara says that is the worst possible thing that could happen to my afternoon.  After singing that stupid song 9 times, I am not quite so sure.

Get the booger home and change yet another poopy diaper.  I think I am at 3 poops for every 4 hours.  So at this rate I will have changed 40.5 diapers when Sara gets back.  I’ll probably end up with carpal tunnel or elbow wuss-itis due to the repetitive motion of pulling up diaper wipes.   

So Now Brooke is in bed, Max is in school, Jake is watching NatGeo and Luke is playing little big planet 2.  As I throw away the diaper I see the pantry door open revealing the trash heap that Max has created.   On my very next step, my sock gets completely removed from my foot as it sticks to the floor – I imagine in the very same spot that I spilled the medicine.  Looks like I have a couple of projects to get through in my one hour of free time.  So if you don’t hear from me in a while I will be skimming through my favorite pages of the Twilight series for the 4th time.  Only 280 days!!! Can’t wait!!!