\n7:45–Cole leaves for Jr High
\n8:45–Send Jenna to the bus stop, and load John and Megan into the car to go to the Orthodontist’s
\n9:00–Check Megan in at the Orthodontist’s office, then take John over to Payless Shoes to buy his Lightening McQueen Crocs,
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\nThen to Costco to get gas
\n9:25–back to the Ortho to make another apt in 6 weeks and pick up Megan
\n9:38–drop off Megan at school
\n9:45–meet my visiting teaching partner to go visiting teaching
\n10:30–go home and get John a snack, and help him change into his “itty bitty sports class” shirt
\n10:45–load John up into his carpool to go to the sports class
\n10:50–get my lesson ready for activity days, unload the dishwasher, and clean off the counter
\n12:00–John comes home from sports class, and needs some lunch. He also insists on wearing something green, or people will pinch him, so we find a green shirt and help him change it
\n12:30–walk John over to a neighbor’s house for a play group
\n12:38–drive to the grocery store, where I stock up on canned goods at the ‘case lot sale’, then go to the copy shop and spend $4 on copies for today’s Activity day lesson and handout
\n1:20–come home and unload groceries
\n1:40–sit down and watch part of Ocean’s 11 that I’ve had on the tivo since before Christmas and still haven’t finished watching
\n2:00–walk over (oh, no! It’s raining again) to pick up John from the neighbor’s play group
\n2:20–turn on Thomas the Train and let John watch it while I close my eyes for just a minute
\n3:00–Cole comes home from school. Mom does some laundry.
\n3:45–the girls come home from school, demanding a snack
\n3:48–get kids a snack, pick up neighbor and go to activity days
\n4:00–hold an activity for 7 roudy girls, where we blow out and color eggs, and teach them a lesson on the miracles of Easter, giving them each a folder full of the lesson to do with their own families for FHE
\n5:30–go home, reheat leftovers and eat a quick dinner
\n6:00-take Megan to the Jr High for her tour and registration
\n7:30–come home
\n7:35–encourage kids to
\na)do homework
\nb)practice the piano
\nc)use the potty
\nd)do their jobs
\n8:30–encourage kids to
\ne)get in their pajamas
\nf)brush their teeth
\ng)stop fighting
\nh)say prayers
\ni)go to bed!
\n9:00–Everyone is finally in their beds, prayers and stories done, “I love you”s and “Goodnight”s said, wheat bags heated up, dishwasher started and counter cleaned off again.
\n9:10–I blog about it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"