Early Morning

My morning started early when Tyce woke up at 4:40. Kevin went in to give him his pacifier but Tyce wasn't going for it so Kev brought him in to me. After getting him fed and back to sleep I dressed and headed to the gym. I did some weights before going to the cycle class that totally kicked my booty! Seriously, it was the hardest cycle class I've done yet. At the end the teacher said "Did you guys notice we didn't take any breaks today?" HA! I took more than one break :) This girl also teaches a yoga class with weights that I've only been to once but I really liked it. I'll have to go to more of her classes! I was so glad I got to go to her cycle class this morning. I may have to start waking Tyce up early on Wednesdays so I can go again (just not 4:40 am early...maybe 5:00!)
It felt good to have that workout done for the day and I was starving. So I made my breakfast when I got home and still had about 45 minutes to shower and do this and that before the boys woke up. Rylan was the first one out of his room, followed within seconds by Asher with his babies and then almost immediately Tyce started crying. Funny how they all woke up at the same time!
The boys ate cereal for breakfast and Ry got ready for school super fast! Yesterday I told him he needed to start getting ready for school on time without me having to get upset with him or else I would start taking away privileges...like going to Christian's house. I'm sure that's what helped today! I'll have to keep using that for as long as I can.
Since I was already ready for the day I thought I'd feed Tyce some pears and rice cereal and then paint my fingernails. Tyce was carrying my nail polish as we walked through the kitchen. And then he dropped it. It broke and splattered all over. Drats! I stood there for a second or two with polish on my feet, on the floor around me, Tyce in one arm, his food in the other arm. I didn't know what to do. So I made footprints of Gunmetal Gray nail polish over to his seat, trying to avoid the little glass shards everywhere. He was not too pleased to sit there without his food but I had to at least try to clean off my feet, although I don't know why. I very well could have just fed him and then cleaned up! Oh well...
After he was fed I put him down for a nap and then spent the next 55 minutes with a bag of cotton balls and a bottle of nail polish remover scrubbing the tile (which I had just mopped last night!). I was so so glad it didn't get on the carpet or couch! There are a few spots on the wall but it needs to be painted anyways so I wasn't too upset.
Glad to have that finished, I scratched the idea of painting my nails and instead finished getting Asher and myself ready. It was already time to pick up Ry from school--early out Wednesday, the last day of school for the week. Tomorrow Ry and I will go in for walking report cards! Friday he's off as well and then Monday is Martin Luther King day so he'll have that off. Wowzers--we'll have to plan something fun!

I had a couple returns/exchanges to do so I took the boys to the mall. Ry and Asher played at the play area for a bit while I tried to stay awake by playing with Tyce. After going to the 2 stores we needed to visit Rylan talked me into getting a big soft pretzel (which we used to get all the time when I was pregnant with Asher. I craved them!) and we also shared a sandwich from Subway. We were all ready to go home so that's what we did!

For some reason I smile when I see this picture of Tyce. Maybe it's his chubby cheeks...he's so stinkin cute!

The boys hopped on the computer while Tyce and I took a quick 20 minute nap (too short!) I had to do something productive so I cleaned my bathroom and started some laundry. And then the time got away from me and it was already dinner time. Of course I hadn't even started dinner so it was our easy, basic meal...chicken, beans, veggies, and rice.
Clean up, bed time for the three boys and now time to relax. I'm sure I'll be heading to bed early tonight :)