After a bit of a hiatus...

My my. It has been a while. First off all, I want to congratulate another twin blogger mommy on her two little boys born on the 22nd! They are adorable Jennifer!

Routine has settled in here and it is SOOO nice to not have to guess as to when things will happen and so forth. With four, you realize how important structure is in family life! Today, all 6 of us went to the park. I had only driven by before, never actualy to the park and I was stunned. It is no more than a mile from our house and it is like entering a nature preserve. It is almost 10 acres with a large lake and a 3 mile walking path. There is a playground and numerous shelters around the lake with machines full of bird and fish food. There were probably a thousand geese (I am an exaggerator, but this is NOT an exaggeration! ) Tons of them! And there was a family with little fuzzy baby geese. K, G and I fed the turtles that would come to the surface when you walked on the docks out from the shore. The turtles were so cute! Needless to say, I was so impressed by the park, I took all 4 by myself today (crazy, I know!) and I actually wasn't overwhelmed. G will sit and just stare at the geese. She was enthralled. So funny, because they are all about twice as big as her! The other 3 slept the entire time. We have rigged up one of the fitness stroller deals to fit all 4 (not for long, but for now it works) and so I did a walk/run of the 3 mile trail. We stopped and ate lunch. G is so grown up, eating so many solids now, I am so proud of her. I nursed all 3 while we were there. Normally, I wouldn't do this in public without good reason (screaming bloody murder in the mall was a good reason last week!) but it was a nice day out and there weren't all that many people there that day. I covered up with a blanket and everything was great. Until, that is, I got CUSSED OUT (!!!) by a woman saying that I ws exposing myself and that it was public indecency and a lot of other garbage. I apologized, respectfully told her that I understood why it made her uncomfortable and left it at that. Well, she still was getting upset, then G got upset, and the J and then the twins and pretty soon I had 4 tired kiddos screaming because they knew mommy was upset. What a peaceful setting for a not so peaceful confrontation. Of course, after she left, then my hormones or something got the best of me and I started crying. It was probably a very sad scene to walk up on. Other than the little explosion, it was a pretty relaxing day and went fairly well for being by myself with all of them.

Tonight, we came home and Ken made me dinner (steaks on the grill with asparagus from the garden and baked potatoes) I was very impressed and so touched. Marriage counseling has done wonders. Still not perfect, but will it ever be? We have a daily "checklist" with a twist (Mom, and Linda, stop reading now!) where we have certain things that need done every day (whether it be feedings at 8, load of laundry, running the dishwasher...stuff like that) and whoever ends up with the most checks gets to choose one thing that they want the other person to do for them. Originally, our therapist was doing this to rekindle some sexual chemistry...but yesterday...I was not feeling it. I was exhausted and really just wanted to sleep. Ken asked me seductively what I wanted and I was like, will you vaccuum out my car? haha! I rolled over and fell asleep. Poor guy... lol. This mornin I woke up and owed him one, so because Katie agreed to take Tuesday and Thursday mornings, Ken and I et some Mommy and Daddy time to "sleep in" (ie. 8:30). Do you guys remember the days when sleeping in meant 11?

I should probably try and get some sleep. Oh wait....I can't. Our cat PEED on the bed tonight! I am IRATE! I am a pretty even keeled person, but smells are it for me. And cat pee is the WORST! So the sheets, comforter, mattress pad and everything are in the wash. I will probably be up for a couple of more hours while everything dries. Anyone have suggestions on how to prevent this from happening? She has done this 3 times this week! I am getting very sick of being a sleep deprived mom that can't go to sleep because of a cat! I slept on the couch last night and hated myself today for it. That kind of makes me feel old. To be sore from sleeping on a couch. hmm...

Alright, well I just heard a buzzer, which is my signal to switch everything over and to do the rounds on the kiddos. More soon.

sdg