Thursday July 16

I had a lot on my list to do today.

But not much got crossed off :(

First of all, Elsie was up at 5!

She would not go back to sleep.

So I turned a movie on for her and tried to fall asleep on the couch.

Then Port came......I didn't want him awake yet, so I talked him into cuddling with me on Madi's bed.

He fell back asleep, and Elsie thought it was funny to try and wake him up.

Oh she was a stinker!

So I took her downstairs so Port could sleep.

Gave her breakfast and then Port came down.

I was slow going.

It took me forever to get to sleep last night!

It has been hard for me to have Brent gone at night :(

I know that is silly......but we were together every night for almost 6 months!

Anyway....

So I was definitely dragging this morning.

Everywhere I went or whatever I tried to do, those little ones followed me everywhere!

Elsie didn't want to be alone, and Port didn;t want Elsie following him around.

I finally put a movie on for them so I could clean the kitchen.

I took the garbage out and as I was walking back in, Port comes out crying saying 'He didn't know where I went!' and that 'I have to tell him when I leave!'

There were a couple times throughout the day when I would go down to swap the laundry and he would come down in a panic to make sure I was there.

I don't know where this came from!

The boys did come over for a little bit then they left around 11.

I fed the kiddos lunch and then I had to lay down.

I had the worst headache and I wasn't getting much done!

So I turned on another movie.......thank you Netflix!

They watched and let me nap for about an hour.

But Port did have to cuddle with me.

You know, in case I decided to run away.

Silly boy!

After that, the weather was pretty nice and cool, so I decided to get out and mow the front lawns.

The kids were pretty good while I was on the mower.

Which was nice.

Then back inside and we started packing the kids suitcases.

And that is pretty much what I did today.

We did have a lot of fun, Port, Elsie and I.

Elsie was tired, but goofy tired....so she laughed at everything.

So we had a lot of fun being goofy.

I was looking at pictures of what the girls are doing in Utah.

They went to the museum of Natural curiosity.

And there is a picture of them hanging like a sloth.

Port asked what a sloth was, so I googled a picture.

He said "No, that's a koala bear!"

I said "No" and googled Koala bear.

Then with each picture he would name another animal, and I would say no and google that one....

It became a fun game and Elsie was non stop giggling.

It was pretty funny :)

So it wasn't a terrible day.

I just won't be leaving as clean of house as I wanted to before we head out tomorrow!

It's more important anyway that they feel loved and that I am spending time with them.

That is something I must have been lacking a lot in lately, since they have just clung to me the last few days.

I will try harder.