No Chocolate for Breakfast: No day like today

Since the last post each day was fairly different so here's a snapshot.

Running around like a chicken day

There have only been a few moments so far when having three children has felt overwhelming. One of these took place last Tuesday. It went something like this:

9am-noon: Liana and her friend bus to school and back to pay school art fees and get PRESTO cards
10am-noon: Pack up Evelyn and Caleb for Caleb's dentist appointment and shopping for new sneakers.
noon-1:30pm: Feed and change Evelyn. Make lunch for Liana, her friend and Caleb. Mediate Caleb acting out because he wants to hang with the older girls.
1:30pm-4pm: Pack up the three kids for Liana's dentist appointment, Caleb's haircut appointment and Sports Check shopping for gym clothes for Liana.
4pm-4:30pm: Drop off Caleb at his last guitar lesson, go back home to feed and change Evelyn, pick up Caleb from guitar.
4:30pm-6:30pm: Prepare, eat and clean up dinner.
7pm-8:30pm: Drive Liana and Caleb to their dad's and return via a construction and traffic nightmare.
8:30pm-10:30pm: Hang out with Evelyn until she finally gives into sleep. Crawl into bed.

Couscous balls: a Liana creation

Caleb guitar practice

Evelyn enjoying wiggling on her change table

Pile of clothes and diapers Evelyn's already outgrown

Mommy gets sick day

I got sick with a stomach flu for the first time since the baby was born. Darcy had taken a vacation day so he was around to care for Evelyn. I need to take pictures of the two of them hanging out because it's very sweet. Anyway needless to say I felt awful and didn't do much other than log 26 hours on Steam playing the main story arc of DOTP 2014.

Kidfree social activities

Kidfree moments felt few and far between but this past weekend and the upcoming one are filled with an abundance of adult social activities. ASaturday I went bridal shopping for Julia. Watched her get her glamour on in some wedding gowns and then picked out my bridesmaid dress (this cute one by Bill Levkoff in Glacier) and the other girls picked theirs. That evening was a friend's birthday but Darcy went on our behalf - we've been doing a lot more separate things since it's simpler to care for Evelyn that way.

Sunday morning I walked/jogged the 5K Colour Run. Cons were delayed start time, unorganised volunteers, colour stations not always well maned (I didn't get any yellow after passing through the yellow station), and pylons in a giant parking lot not being a motivating/scenic route. Pros were the company, the weather and the colour pink. Still an experience I'm glad I got, though.

We skipped Sunday lunch at my parents' as I had a baby shower that afternoon. For one of the games the hosts had printouts of the results of mom-to-be on Morph Thing with a dozen celebreties (plus one with her husband). We had to guess by looking at the babies who she'd been, well, mixed with. It was neat because (1) it was a baby shower game I hadn't yet seen and (2) I won!

We each found a Levkoff dress we liked

All coloured up

Cranky kids day

Today is Caleb and Liana's last day of summer vacation. It started off great with an outing to Millenium Park and lunch at the Place d'Orleans playplace. But once we got home there was a tired Caleb, an overly sensitive Liana, and the crankiest baby Evelyn I'd yet seen. It was a loooong afternoon and evening.