I AM Superwoman

Today was a really long day, so I will take this opportunity to pull some bragging rights.  This morning I woke up at 7 AM and HAD to get up because the baby was the one who woke up first, and he doesn't get the concept of not waking up everyone in the house (I slept at 1 last night, I was not happy about this). So he wakes up and starts screaming to wake his older brother up, who comes running to complain that his little brother woke him up. We get up, get dressed, and get breakfast.

Afterward, I hung out with them while they played, and tried to get in some laundry. I washed AND folded three loads of laundry today. Then the baby started acting crazy, because he woke up early, and I tried to put him down for a nap at 12. 2 hours later, he was still jumping around in his crib and talking to himself. Cue more laundry and folding, while my 4 year old attempted to help (IE jump on the bed as I'm trying to fold). Checked on the baby, who was finally asleep (at 2:15, 2.25 hours after I put him down).

I got dinner started, did another load of laundry, and washed one set of bath mats. At 3:30, we woke the baby up, and hung out for a bit. He was acting nuts because he hadn't slept enough, so I spent about 30 minutes calming him down. Finally started on dinner around 4. They finished around 4:30 and started beating each other for fun (I grabbed my second cup of coffee at that point).  I took that opportunity to wash the dishes again and clean up, while they beat each other to a pulp.

We left the house at 5:15 and got stuck in rush hour traffic on 395 (yay DC!).  I finally got to the center and taught my first Zumba class there. Afterward, I braved Giant with the two crazies, and picked up some last minute stuff for Friday play date. We finally got home around 8 and the baby ran around like a nut job for a bit before I could put him on the toilet (big brother was doing the potty dance by the time we got home and rushed to the bathroom without too much drama). We brushed everyone's teeth, and got them to bed. That's when the real fun began.

Since I was already stinky and disgusting from teaching Zumba, I decided to clean all three bathrooms, and make the dough for tomorrow's pizza.  I washed another set of bath mats and put everything away. By the time I got in the shower, it was 10.  It's now 10:40, and I'm finally settling down and writing. I knew that if I sat down at all, I would have gotten lazy, so I couldn't stop.

So there you have it, I AM Superwoman. Kudos to those of you who do this with more than one kid, or do it on a daily basis. I sure can't! All I hope is that the coffee will have worn off by the time I climb into bed.