Who's ready to do Tuesday?

[klongoria11]

@surelycantbesrs are you trying to tell us something?

[LizInFL]

lfigge That sounds heavenly, enjoy being productive and lounging kid-free!

Morning!

C has been sleeping really well this past week but I keep staying up late for dumb stuff (New Years, to finish a book, etc) and then I hate myself the next morning when B's up before 7. New resolution: bed by 10ish.

It's rainy here today; I need a new vanity stool and a couple odds and ends from Home Depot so we'll probably combine that with a visit to my parents', or the park if it stops raining.

[Lilac26]

Morning girls!

It was a little rough getting back into the school routine this morning, C did not want to get out of bed. She had too much fun partying last night and had trouble settling down at bedtime.

It's snowing right now and then it's suppose turn to rain once it warms up which means icy roads. Yuck. H and I will stay nice and dry at home.

[Lilac26]

lfigge, enjoy your alone time! Sounds divine.

LizInFL, I seem to have the opposite problem I keep falling asleep with the kids at 7:30-8. Not the biggest deal, except I miss that hour or two of alone time in the evening.

nam2013, hopefully tonight will go better! How long are you on holiday for?

wedding, sounds like a great start to your week!

[Lilac26]

nam2013 , Fun! Enjoy your family time!

[mamabear13]

Morning! Time to officially get back I to routine. Which started with a rough drop off at DC, who h was NOT routine. Ah well.

[klongoria11]

Jan 3, 2017 8:45:25 GMT -5 Sunny41 said:

Jan 3, 2017 8:42:59 GMT -5 wedding said:

Oh and we've been binging The Fall. I love it but so sad the seasons are quick. We are one episode into season 3 so only 5 left. Does anyone know if it will come back?

It will not come back, they wrapped up the story pretty well

This.

You should watch The Killing next. Soooo freaking good!!

[klongoria11]

Cadence was not interested in bedtime last night. She kept wanting one more story and I wanted the light off to get her to chill out. So I turned off the light and told her a story about a little girl named Cadence who hated bedtime and ended up sleeping through all the fun things at school the next day. She liked it so much she wanted to hear it again. It was shorter the second time around.

[yummeecookee]

Good Morning. Back to work - back to reality. blah.
B woke up MOTN, saying she wanted to lay in my bed. I took her back to her own room and laid with her for about an hour. It must've been enough for her bc I didn't hear from her the rest of the night.

[yummeecookee]

Jan 3, 2017 8:23:21 GMT -5 lfigge said:

Morning! S is going back to day care today after almost 2 weeks off. I am looking forward to getting so much stuff done today child free!!! And lounging on the couch catching up on my DVR! H is gone till Sunday so I am soaking in my me time!

That sounds awesome.  I think next Christmas/NYE I am definitely going to make sure I get at least one day to myself - where the kids go to DC.  I didn't have enough PTO to do that this time since I was off on mat leave during the beginning of 2016.

[yummeecookee]

Nice to see you here tjhine!

[klongoria11]

nam2013 the day was good. I saw LaLa Land. I loved it. I wish I lived in a world where you could just sing and dance randomly without people thinking you were a weirdo.

[klongoria11]

Does anyone here watch Dr. Foster? I just started and I see it is currently only 5 episodes. Anyone know when the new season will start airing?

[klongoria11]

melaniesue05 I hope M likes her class today. Is it after school?

[tallblonde]

Oof, monsoon here today. Funny I remember being so overwhelmed with J taking him to daycare in really rainy weather when he was a baby, but wasn't too phased getting out the door today with both..maybe the motivation to send J to school again had something to do with it:) I think I will hold off on returns though and hang around here.

[melaniesue05]

klongoria11 me too! It's today at 5. I'm hoping she'll participate and not require me to do it with her 😬

Dropping Carter off for a play date now then picking him and his friend up at 1130 for lunch. Then friend is staying until her mom is off at 2. Hoping this will allow me to get lots of work done. So glad to have M and MH out if the house today.

[trtlcrzy]

Good morning! H is at preschool and I will be leaving in a little bit to take S to the pedi. My sister is here right now because lines got crossed (she didn't read my text last night) and she wants me to watch my nephew. So now they have to hang out until after S's appt and I have to bring him with to pick up H. I may be a rebel and leave him and S in the car when I run in to get her.

I hope all the sick kids and moms are feeling better quickly!

[lahdeedah88]

Heeeyyy! tjhine Stick around! Tell us how T is doing these days.

Hope J sleeps better tonight nam2013. Enjoy your holiday!

[lahdeedah88]

Morning.

Back to work today and I'm not thrilled. I got a lot done yesterday though, so I'm feeling pretty good about keeping the train rolling this week. Must be productive. I've been following the KonMari thread in parenting and it's motivating me to get stuff done. I hope I can keep it up.... I'm still waiting for that burst of energy that is said to arrive with the second trimester. If anyone sees it, send it my way please😬.

Have a good day ladies!

[slenle]

Hiiii! Back to work and recovered from new years. Just told my coworker that I need weekends to quit messing with my diet. And a 4 day weekend is just terrible. Oh well.

Boss is travelling this week, so at least there's one positive to going back to work.

[JoeLies]

Morning!

Back to reality here and Chase was kind enough to give us a solid night of sleep. I don't know if it was the refresher of CIO, having his lovey in his crib, or the Baby Zarabees (or some combo), but I'm not willing to make any changes to find out.

Anyhow 2017 is off to a nice start. DH and I had a really good conversation on Sunday night about us, the boys, our health, etc. He actually admitted to being depressed lately. I won't go into specifics since it's really his business and not mine to share, but he seems ready to make some needed changes and now that I'm in the loop, I can be a better wife to him.

Plus we all survived another long weekend mostly housebound, so that's always a plus.

[LizInFL]

lahdeedah88 I've been following the KonMari thread, too. It is great motivation. My new mantra is, do I want to unpack this in VIrginia? Usually the answer is no! Saving the Navy money, one less moving box at a time

[lahdeedah88]

Jan 3, 2017 10:55:59 GMT -5 LizInFL said:

lahdeedah88 I've been following the KonMari thread, too. It is great motivation. My new mantra is, do I want to unpack this in VIrginia? Usually the answer is no! Saving the Navy money, one less moving box at a time

That's a great mantra! When I think about all the boxes of junk we've moved probably four times now, I want to kick myself! I refuse to do that again, next time with two kids in tow.

[lahdeedah88]

Glad to hear T is doing well tjhine!

[cagoldi]

FX things go smoothly for Josie at preschool today, guster.

Feel better soon, chrisy01. Hope you get some good rest, you've been working like crazy lately.

[LizInFL]

Jan 3, 2017 11:14:52 GMT -5 lahdeedah88 said:

Jan 3, 2017 10:55:59 GMT -5 LizInFL said:

lahdeedah88 I've been following the KonMari thread, too. It is great motivation. My new mantra is, do I want to unpack this in VIrginia? Usually the answer is no! Saving the Navy money, one less moving box at a time

That's a great mantra! When I think about all the boxes of junk we've moved probably four times now, I want to kick myself! I refuse to do that again, next time with two kids in tow.

Yes, we have definitely moved boxes of crap, only to toss or donate it all upon arrival. Dumb.

We were lucky when we moved back to FL, we had family here to help, and we only had B. I have the pre-move process pretty much down to a science, and of course we always have packers/movers...it's just finding the time to do it all that will be the problem this time around!

There will probably be lots of drinking.

[cagoldi]

Jan 3, 2017 11:23:20 GMT -5 chrisy01 said:

Jan 3, 2017 11:18:37 GMT -5 cagoldi said:

FX things go smoothly for Josie at preschool today, guster.

Feel better soon, chrisy01. Hope you get some good rest, you've been working like crazy lately.

How's X doing?

He's doing a little better, thanks for asking. We found the Zarbee's baby cough syrup with agave and that seems to help his cough. I'm taking him to see our pedi this afternoon for a follow-up.

I found this place that confiscates exotic animals that were trafficked at LAX and want to take Dude soon. It seems pretty good in that they only have rescues and the animals aren't made to stay put in the open for people to see them, the nocturnal animals get to sleep during the day, etc. I think L would like it, too. My schedule is pretty full the next couple weeks but maybe we can plan on going sometime at the end of the month?

[cagoldi]

Atticus discovered Alexa on the Amazon Dot this weekend and he keeps telling her to play "Caribou" by the Pixies. He thinks this is the funniest thing ever.

[JoeLies]

The PBS app isn't overly user friendly, but you can still watch Curious George there.

[lahdeedah88]

wedding I believe @yummeecookeee took her kids on a cruise before Christmas. Maybe she has some advice for you.

I am desperate for a vacation, too. I would like to do a beach vacation this spring, but I can't plan just yet because MH never knows his schedule. Not sure if or when we will take that trip. We just said that we will have to plan to take vacations around Christmas because that's the only time of year we know he will be off and can plan months in advance.