How We Roll...

Lots of changes are happening in the Bania house this week and next :

This week...

Mommy stayed home. The house was a mess from summer vacation, and while it will never be up to the standards of most...a lot of cleaning has taken place this week...we have 4 storage totes of clothes for Yard Sale, countless bags of broken toys sent to the dump, bedrooms organized and boxed for storage under beds, and the living room toys tamed. There have been mistakes made...Justin took the 2nd box away from the kittens...who took to peeing in the laundry...at least it was already dirty (? bright side ?). Mommy made the older 3 get up on time, with the exception of today when even Mommy didn't get up on time. She also made them practice making their beds, eat breakfast and get to the "bus" on time (7:33 was our best time so far).

Mommy has tended broken fingers, taken sick kitties to the vet, done all of Brenna's laundry (every last article of clothing), earned $75 in surveys, taken an energy assessment, blogged 3 times, been to the urologist, booked a Ortho appointment (soon to be 2), attended 3 Open Houses, taken 3 tours of 2 schools, bagged school supplies, labeled said supplies, sharpened 144 pencils (the school requires them this way), picked up 4 prescriptions, dropped off 3 Allergy Action Plans, made lunch everyday, refereed 3 fist fights between the boys, explained what a cavity is, explained why a 10 year old is not old enough to have a baby and why it's not cool to pawn said hypothetical child off on their parents, 20 loads of boy clothes, went grocery shopping utilizing $25 in $5 gift cards and $214 in coupons with an additional 5% off (thank you Target), made 2 weeks worth of Lunch and Dinner Meal Plans, and had a second ultrasound with the Urologist. Tomorrow holds quite a lot more.

(I can't believe that was only 2 sentences, is that grammatically correct?)

Let's back up to the 3 Open Houses though.

Gunnar will be entering Kindergarten, SCARY! He will have the most talented and tenured K teacher in the district which puts my mind to ease a bit, but not completely. He will be mainstreamed which scares me more. A miracle happened during his Open House...he picked up toys without being nagged for 3 days. Who knew, your child really is different at school.

Brenna will be entering 3rd Grade! Huge! New school for her this year, so she has some anxiety. Super excited about the fact that her teacher was once Jaxom's 2nd grade teacher, and I loved her then. Said teacher also really excited that she gets to have Brenna in her Homeroom this year! Brenna will be entering the Gifted and Talented Program this year and is also considering Girl Scouts. Yikes! Work load!

Jaxom will be entering 5th Grade and this will be his last year at his current school. He is soooo lucky though because his 4th Grade teacher is now teaching 5th Grade and so he will continue to have her for homeroom. Even better they were able to maintain the same class as in the 4th Grade +2 students. This could make for an easier transition because they already know the teacher and won't have to relearn her way and style. He is actually considering the Cub Scouts...more to come on that.

But my legs are screaming after the Open Houses...my hip gave out twice at Jaxom and Brenna's school as we managed to make 20 laps looking for their class rooms. And since we had Odin and Gunnar as well...there were a lot of water and potty breaks mixed in there. It took us 3 hours to finish a tour of Meet and Greets for the 2 of them.

Next Week...

Mommy will still be home. Monday, I hope that we will all be able to relax for a little while and just breathe. Tuesday, we will put Brenna and Jaxom on the bus, and then I will ride the next bus to school with Gunnar and spend the day with him and watch him through his routine. The remainder of the week...all 3 will get on the bus together and I will follow to school since I will be attending the remaining of the 1st week with Gunnar for half days as required by the school to transition him into mainstreaming.

For the 2nd half of the days next week...I will be focusing on the kitchen, our bedroom and the attic. Hopefully I will have finished gathering up all the goodies for the yard sale and bring in a hefty sum (wishful thinking) to go towards my surgery.