Tuesday, June 19, 2012

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We went back up to work today, but I did not go in at 5:30 this morning. I do not mind working, but I am very thankful that my chosen career is teaching. I could not do the factory job every day! I went in at 8:00 with my mom. I worked on my Decoy bags most of today. I think I have gotten 200 done these past two days. It was a little harder to keep the kids entertained today. Samuel and Emma were terrible today! The shocker is that Chloe was so well-behaved today! Heaven help me if they all decide to have a bad day! Emma got TWO spankings before lunch time today and that is NOT like Emma. Part of it is probably my fault because I made her sleep with Chloe last night so I do not think she got much rest. I know none of you doubt the love for children, but they just want to hang all over me. I seriously cannot sit down without all of them wanting to sit on me. We are thankful that they want to be with us, but the past few times we have been gone somewhere they all want to pile in the room with us. Even at the beach the kids had a room downstairs with bunk beds and Emma and Samuel (it is a given that Chloe stays close to me) wanted to sleep on the floor instead of in a bed with cousins. So the past two nights they were fighting over who gets to sleep with me. Emma usually sleeps with my mom when we are here, but she wanted to sleep with me. I finally got Sam and Emma to agree to sleep in the office on the futon but when it was time to go to bed Sam changed his mind and it was a big ordeal. I convinced Emma to sleep with Chloe in the office. My mom heard Chloe at 6:00 telling Emma to wake up. Needless to say, Emma was a GRUMP today and just was plain mean. So after lunch we went back to work and I was going to make a palette in the floor for them to take a nap in my dad's office. A nap on in my dad's office was a frequent thing for us Douglas kids growing up, so it is not as strange as it sounds (well, not to us:). I had them bring their pillows and blankets and they were all going to take a nap! We got back to work and there was a guy there fixing the phones so the nap was not going to be happening in the office. So, in true Douglas form we got three empty boxes and I put them in for a nap right by my machine. At first they kept playing and not going to sleep, so I told them that the first one asleep got to sleep with me tonight. Well, Emma and Sam both fell asleep about the same time so my bed is going to be a little crowded tonight. I was not going to blog tonight but I am secretly hoping they will fall asleep and then I can sleep somewhere else:)

Douglas Net nap time. Don't judge:) When my sanity hinges on them getting a nap, you make it work!



 

This evening we went to see Madagascar 3 in 3D and it was super cute. The kids loved it!



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