What a day we had today. We started out this morning trying to get everyone bathed and
hurriedly dressed to go to toddler hour at the Fort Smith library. It was a great time and the girls loved it but I was drained from keeping the girls together and keeping
Eily happy, fed and dry. As we were getting in the car we decided the next stop would be Daddy's work. When we go there we discovered that Daddy was going to be at Fianna Hills all day hanging an exhibit. So we dropped off his lunch, picked up the pay checks and headed to our next destination. Now you have to imagine Claire screaming and
Eily crying
the whole time. Claire from tiredness and hunger and
Eily from hunger. We decided to forgo the trips that didn't HAVE to be made and just hit
Wal-Mart and the bank. And the bank had to be first b/c we were dry, dry ,dry in the checkbook department. We got to
Wal-Mart, pulled up to the oil change part, got a cart and got situated. The heat index is about 10000 degrees at this point. I corral the girls towards Micky-D's in the back and remember that I didn't stop by the bank first. We go ALL the way back to the car part and grab the double stroller. So,
Eily in front, Claire in back and Elaina on my hip we started out towards the bank. (Still amazingly hot outside.) As a round the corner by the garden department an angel in senior citizen form appeared. He was determined he was going to help me even as I explained how far a distance we were going. He parked his "already full of purchased items" cart and took hold of the stroller and pushed it ALL THE WAY FROM W
AL-MART TOT HE BANK, BACK TO
WAL-MART AND THEN ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK OF
WAL-MART TO
MC'DONALD'S. I'm telling you, he was an angel. He made the girls each give him a kiss and the spread his wings and flew back to the garden dept to reclaim his buggy. Sweaty, tired and cranky we all dive into our happy meals and bottles. (During lunch, Claire decided to spill her milk all over her and the floor.) I have now decided the only things I can't live without are the pull-ups, our medicine and the van. We pick up the first two items and head back to the car department. Upon arriving, the man tells us it will be another 20 minutes or so. So we park ourselves in the waiting area.
Eily is crying again and Claire is hiding behind the chairs because she has done her business and doesn't want me to find out. We finally are given the keys to the van and get changed and buckled in. WE ARE HOME. I get out supper
preparations and have dreams of getting house is beautiful order before Jason gets home from his board meeting. As I am draining the noodles, Claire reaches up and grabs the very hot burner. So, off to the ER we head. I'm gross, I'm hot, I'm already tired and this is NOT what I, or she, needed to happen. At the ER Jason meets us and says he will take Elaina and
Eily back to the house. Of course, the van won't start. Finally, he gets it going and they take off. Claire and I get discharged and stop by
Wal-Mart on the way back. At ten o'clock we have finally made it home. Now all I have to do is unload the groceries and get the girls settled in. That's all. I can make it. I think.
