writing everyday

hey anonymous! thanks for saying that you wish i would write everyday. i tend to think that if i wrote everyday about this job, i may just drive people off a cliff! but, thank you for your comment.

i may not write everyday, but i came to write a post right now just because of anonymous' comment. that should count for something, right?

currently, the 3 amigas are all off in lalaland and i am relishing the silence of the house. all i hear is the hum of the dryer and the woosh of the heat rising up from the vents and into the curtains to my right. mmmmmmmmmmm, nice.

today hasn't been too bad. i'm really trying to let go of what i can't control in my job as well as what i really don't have to deal with/worry about/fix/rescue. for instance, i walked in the door this morning and saw that all the kids shoes were on the floor in a pile rather than on the shelf where they belonged. normally, i would sigh, mutter under my breath and clean them up. today? i looked at them, decided that that wasn't my responsibility because i didn't leave it like that last night when i left and walked right past it. the same happened when i opened up pc's closet that i had so neatly organized a while back and realized that you couldn't even see the floor any longer. i quickly hung up her dresses from the fresh laundry and closed the door behind me. if they aren't going to work at keeping up what i am trying to help them with, then i am no longer helping. it goes both ways.

i drug the girls out in the rain this morning to mail a very important package to my niece who is turning the big 6 today!! afterwards, i suprised them with a trip to one of our favorite coffee/bakery places for some chocolate milk and a warm croissant. i had my kona blend coffee and all was well with the world. the twins managed to make the morning a bit better by watching their reflections in the mirror where we were sitting. they would stick out their tongues, wiggle their brows, make silly faces and watch themselves in complete awe. it's stuff like that that forces me to remember that sometimes you just need to be in the moment, or be silly or just enjoy yourself right then and there.

i did manage to get some stuff done today that is actually part of my job description. after sorting through the twins overflowing drawers of clothes, i managed to weed out SO much stuff that is not really their size any longer. i took note that moon has way more clothes than chipmunk. chip wears mostly pink (although i think that at this point, they can wear whatever they want since they are almost 2 and i know that i am able to tell them apart. but then again, i have been able to for over a year now.) and moon gets all the other colors. in terms of hand-me-downs, there isn't a lot of pink happening. i feel bad for chip. moonie gets all the reds and purples and greens and yellows and poor munk is pinked out. maybe i'll suggest to mom that we don't worry about colors any longer. should be fun to see if they are down with it. then they can just share clothes!

i also managed to make some homemade banana muffins before the munchkins went down for naps. the house was enveloped in the scent of banana goodness. the quote of the day goes to pc who, once she bit into one, exclaimed: THESE TASTE JUST LIKE BANANA BREAD! yeah, bingo. maybe i'll post the recipe in another post. it's simple and delicious and i've gotten a few people hooked on it. and it's simple enough where you can tweak it to your liking (i add chocolate chips on occasion........yeehaw).

speaking of those muffins, i think i am going to go and devour another one before the troops wake up. have a good day everyone!