I love baby monitors. Here I am waiting for them to fall into their nap, but I can get some other things done with gentle reminders to get back in bed. They have hit the manic stage so I expect it will be in the next 5 minutes and then all will be quiet for two hours.
After yesterday's midday post we took a trip to the store after our naps. (Note to self: Do not enter JC Penny by the front side of the building as that is where all the Disney stuff is) We decided to go to JC Penny because we had the buy $10 get $10 off coupon. We were able to pick up a few extra (free) clothes. I don't always use those coupons, but now with the Dynamic Duo and knowing the needs of the foster closet I won't fail to use them ever! If you have one and you are not going to use it, I'll be happy to use it for some clothes for the foster closet. Of course we had not read the fine print and it does not apply to Disney which of course were the new underwear that Sissy picked out so as I took the kids to the car Squirrel found out that she was 3 cents shy on spending her coupon and had to quickly grab another item so she got Bug some shorts.
When I took the kids to the car Bug had a complete meltdown. She is having incredible issues with separation. I had to force her into her car seat and felt like a big bully. We drove in circles... she screamed. She was not happy until Squirrel got back to the car. Our next stop was Target. This is the first time we took both girls to the store other than the grocery store. Because of our grocery store lessons, we put both in carts immediately. Issues arose when we picked out some new non-fluoride toothpaste as they are just learning to brush and I handed it to Sissy. Bug again had a fit. So, yes, if you were in "our" Target yesterday around four o'clock that was our toddlers screaming. Onward we went and now instead of taking our carts down the aisles, we would leave them in the middle of the big isle and dash down the side aisles for what we wanted, especially when we wanted to look at toys. We may have picked up our last box of diapers for sissy! We are only using 2 a day now as we are proud of our underwear. Pull-ups go on for nap and night. We did all our shopping in underwear and we have gone for walks in them as well. Our issues come at home, but we are getting there. Today when we were getting ready for our walk (we did it before our nap as it may storm tonight) I sent Sissy up to try to go. She went up happily. A few minutes later she came down in some pink pants... I went back up with her as she had no underwear under (something their older sister does) and I found her other ones wet, but in the bathroom. I also found a puddle on the floor. No scolding, we just cleaned up and put new underwear on and new pants. (side note: the pants we put on today were another item given to us by strangers... one of Squirrel's moms co-workers gave the girls each a brand new outfit. We can't say thank you enough to everyone out there)
Back to yesterday... We finished our Target run in the food area. Food is such a big deal to these girls that I needed it to be the end or we would have never made it through the store. Cheese, milk, bread, and coffee and we are good. At home we played outside, but food was quickly on our minds. We cheated (again) and Squirrel went out and picked up some cheap Domino's pizzas. We slowed down a bit on the food... last time we managed to eat almost 2 large pizzas, this time only 1 medium. Bug was down to one piece of pizza, Sissy two, which is probably better for their age.
After dinner was our typical walk and then bath. Baths were followed by some Tinkerbell since we didn't watch it all day and then since Sissy wasn't quite ready for bed we put on a nature show... she crashed very quickly.
We have been letting them stay up until nearly ten every night as we hope for some reprieve in the morning, but they are always up before eight and ready to eat. After breakfast we played inside and then outside where they helped me "weed" the front flower beds. Basically we pulled everything out that we could. We ate again and then Squirrel went out for her own afternoon (last one before she goes back to work tomorrow). The kids and I took the dogs for a walk and then up they went without argument for reading and nap. That is when I discovered that I would be spending nap time doing laundry rather than work. Sissy showed me where she peed (when she then came down in pink pants) and it was on her bed... a giant puddle of pee. She even managed to pee on her books! At least we were able to take care of it before it was bedtime. I just gently asked her if next time she was going to have an accident, try not to hit the books.
So folks, that is what we are up to. A lot fewer diapers, but more laundry. Do any parents of toddlers really bother to sort colors? I basically have: bleach, may bleed, won't bleed as my three loads. At least I have kept up.
I think I have an hour left to nap time. Time to sneak a quick shower and then get to some paperwork for getting them in "school" and some real work too before I have to have their snack ready for when they wake.
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