This little boy...
The girl at the counter could hardly focus on my order for talking to him and saying, "Oh my gosh! He's so cute!" Having sisters that dote on him all the time he didn't pay much attention to her. We sat down and I looked around at several business ladies and thought what a contrast to my life. Our order came up and I sat Mac's egg ciabatta sandwich in front of him and my smoothie in front of me. Macheus LOVES to pray at meal time and he immediately folded his little hands and began "praying" the same way he does every time. It is so cute and so funny! When he finished he reached for my smoothie. My smoothie that I had so looked forward to ended up with his "eggy" little mouth all over it! When we got ready to leave he still had a mouth full of egg and as we were leaving the restaurant he sneezed and shot egg all over my sleeve. :o) Yeah, I'd say my life is a bit different than those business ladies!
Our next stop was Sears. Because of our recent battle with them over the refrigerator (the one they should have replaced!) they were so generous to give us a $50 gift card to spend in their store.
Next on the agenda was Aldis. I got out of the van and a lady traded her cart for my quarter. While I was trying to wipe it down (germs ya know!) a little old man said, "Ma'am, I'll take your cart." I didn't know what to say, so once again I ended up with a quarter in my hand and gave him the cart. :o) I walked over and got another cart and as I was getting it, my favorite sunglasses fell off my head, hit the ground and broke. I wear sunglasses year round, sometimes even when it is cloudy. My eyes are very light sensitive and it is something I don't go without! Having just left Kohls, I was not about to go back in there today! Macheus rode in the back of the buggy and "helped" sort my groceries as I loaded up. When we got to the checkout lane he stood up and unloaded them onto the conveyor belt. I accidentally bumped the buggy and he fell. He stood back up and said, "Honey!" He cracks me up with some of the things he says now!
We left Aldis and headed back in the direction of our house. We stopped off at the Publix where Matthew works to get a few things that I only get there. Once again.... Macheus decided he should walk. By this time it was almost noon and he was hungry and tired! I was trying to talk on the phone to Marc in the foyer of the store, wipe the cart down and convince Mac that he was going to ride. He was fighting me and as I was trying to pick him up (while holding onto my phone) my thumb nail scratched his face. He really cried then! A quick trip to the bakery for a free cookie fixed that problem! However, he still kept trying to stand up. I don't normally "cave" to my two year old's whims, but I knew it was my fault dragging him around all morning and I didn't really want the attention of every person in the store, so I let him walk. The above picture was taken of him strolling down the ice cream aisle!
We loaded up and headed home. Matthew unloaded my groceries, Mariah fed Macheus lunch and got him to bed and I began math with Malachi. Thankfully, Matthew had done some of Malachi's school while I was gone and Mariah had done laundry, so mopping was the only morning chore that I had left. I got that done and then headed out the door for a GLORIOUS run! This is a little creek that I run past every day.
When I got finished running I packed Matthew's supper for him (He had to close tonight.), did Language with Malachi, sorted laundry, and then when Marc got home I put supper on the table. The girls darted out the door after supper to chore and work in the garden. We are all loving this weather! Marc and I tag teamed and got the boys bathed and ready for bed. He put Macheus to bed and then read to Myles and got him settled. After everyone came in and showered we had our family Bible time, Malachi went to bed, I sorted more laundry, Mariah went to bed, and we spent some time with Madeline. It is now 11:00 and Madeline is in the shower, Marc is asleep and I am sitting here writing this waiting for Matthew to get home. He just texted to say he is on his way.
So.......... this was a LITTLE of my day! There were only 101 other things that I had to do today! :o) I recently rewrote chore charts for everyone. (We used to LIVE by our chore charts! They fell by the wayside I guess around the time my mom died. Things have suffered around here, so it has been a HUGE relief for me to have them up and running again!) Malachi was counting his chores and he asked me how many I had. I told him too many to count! :o)
For various reasons I have not been as joyful as I should be lately. A very sweet home school mom that I "met" online (I've actually met a few of her children and hope to meet her one day too!) spent some time chatting with me the other night. It was an encouragement to me and really helped me get my focus back this week. My life is far from perfect. I have days that are exhausting! Who am I kidding..... MOST days are exhausting! But.... I am blessed! I have so much to be thankful for. Even when my two year old sneezes egg all over me and my life looks nothing like the put together business ladies in Panera! I wouldn't trade it for anything! :o)
Now I am sitting here bleary-eyed... trying to proofread this while Matthew is talking my ears off. He gets home from work and wants to unwind and visit. :o)
Goodnight!
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