I'm outnumbered

Well after a hectic morning, we got K packed and onto his plane.

A little snippet of that morning:

Me: I've packed your pajama bottoms and a sweatshirt.

K: I don't need them.

Me: You get cold in hotel rooms and you might need to venture out into the hallway.

Later...

Me: I've packed your flip flops.

K: I don't need them.

Me: You might need to venture out of your room and it'll be easier than stuffing your feet into shoes each time.

So on and so forth.

I asked that we leave the house about an 1.5 hour before to have a family lunch before we went to the airport. I hate hasty goodbyes so I thought it would be a good opportunity to just relax, chill and enjoy each other's company. So glad we did, we were able to just have fun over burgers and headed off to the airport in good spirits.

That is, until I dropped K off. Pig was getting cranky and refused to kiss her daddy goodbye. I could tell K was pretty upset about it and I felt badly for him. However, the minute that car door closed Pig saw her dad leave dragging his bag behind him, she burst into tears.

When we got home I fed Moo, changed his diaper and settled him into his bouncy chair. Then I took Pig upstairs and got her hands, face and feet washed, changed into her sleepwear and gave her sleepytime bottle of milk. Moo started crying so I had to rush out and Pig started crying. And that soon became screaming. I put Moo down and then rushed back upstairs. Pulled a hysterical Pig out of her crib and read her a quick story (Moo started crying again), big kiss and hug and put her back in her crib and the minute I turned to leave, she started screaming again.

What could I do. Unfortunately, I had to choose between my kids and I had to take care of the infant over the toddler. I couldn't keep going into Pig's room because that only reset the screaming clock. So I sat downstairs feeding Moo and listening to Pig yell and scream. It went on for 30 minutes before she finally fell asleep. I felt like a total jerk.

Moo thankfully napped for an hour which allowed me to recharge a little. After two hours, Pig was up too which is a short nap for her. Got her diaper changed and brought her down for some juice and a snack. While I cleaned up around the kitchen and got dinner ready, Pig and Moo skyped with my parents who kept them entertained for about a half an hour. Pig was getting cranky so we ended the call and ventured downstairs to the kids playroom. I brought down a whole load of socks. Pig has developed a fascination with socks so I figured we could the time before bath and bedtime matching socks.

Nope she wanted to examine her brother. But her nose had started running earlier that morning so I had to keep her away from him. She watched a little Bedtime Elmo and helped me clean up her toys. Then we trooped upstairs for her bath. Pig loves putting in the bathplug and filling up the tub so I dragged Moo's bouncy chair upstairs so he could watch. Pig splashed and tried to swim in two inches of water and then refused to get out of the tub. So I wrapped her up in a towel and carried her into her room.

I was starting to relax. Pig was in good spirits and we sang while we got her diapered and back into her jammies. I dragged Moo's chair into her room and he watched while I read a bedtime story and Pig finished her milk. Still good. As I put her into her crib, she began whimpering and then I turned she burst into tears. So I turned and gave her another hug and kiss and tried to reassure her. Moo had started crying so we had to leave, the two feed off each other.

So again, Moo and I sat downstairs while Pig screamed. I so wanted to go upstairs but knew the 3 of us would be up forever if I did. So Moo ate and fell asleep and then I sat there holding him and listened to my poor girl cry her eyes out upstairs.

Moo refused to go down until 11 pm and then woke up at 3 am and then 4 and at 6:45 when the alarm went off, I was almost relieved.

Pig woke up crying again, having as K would say, dropped a deuce into her diaper. I brought her down for juice and cereal and her Backyardigans soundtrack. She was in good spirits again, swinging her brown little legs and singing along with the music. Moo coo-ed away in his bassinet. I puttered about getting bottles ready, cleaning up dirty diapers. The kids were headed to Miss D's today as Mrs. V has gone out of town so I put together a package of diapers, wipes, changes of clothing.

And then momnesia set in. I ran back into the house twice, first time to get Pig's binky and then Moo's blanket. Kids loaded in the car, I got to the end of our street when I looked over and realized that Moo's bottle bag was still sitting on the kitchen counter. Argh.

After dropping the kids off, I drove like mad back home and took the dog out and called into my work meeting 20 minutes late. It's been a morning.