Dear diary...help me through this day.

6:45 am:  alarm rings

• Half awake, I wander into the family room to find my phone I left on the love sac the night before to turn off the alarm.
• I check my emails and find I need to respond to a million messages and begin the process as Mimi walks down from bed to get ready for the day.  She is pleasant.

7:00 am:  mad rush

• I braid and as fast as my hands will braid hair to get the two older girls off to school in time.  I scramble to find shoes, jackets, etc...to complete their looks.  Their "looks" look disheveled.

7:15 am:  breakfast is served

• Mimi serves the three oldest kids cheerios and milk.  She pours herself a heaping bowl causing the other two to whine and complain.
• I give them 4 minutes to finish their cereal and insist that they musn't be tardy for school two days in a row.

7:20 am:  the discovery

• Luke cries out from the other room that Elsie is awake and has removed her diaper and pooped all over her bedroom floor.  Just then I realized I had forgotten to tape Elsie's diaper on the night before!
• I quickly rush in to assess the damage.  Not as bad as I thought--the entire mess is limited to a 4 ft area.  I have seen much worse...
• I grab the naked baby playing in her feces and throw her in my shower.

7:25 am: the second discovery

• I come out of my room only to find little poopy footsteps leading out of Elsie's room all over my tiled floor. 
• Upon this discovery, I tell the girls to just go ahead on their own this morning and that I won't be able to see them off on their bicycles around the corner.  "I love you girlies!"  I call out as sadness overtakes me realizing that this is the first morning I have NOT been able to see them off.  After all, they are only in 1st and 2nd grade, but I'm comforted knowing they are more familiar with their 1/4 mile route to school than even I am.
• I pin Lukee on the poopy foot steps and direct him to take his shoes off immediately.  The small controlled mess it once was, is now more than I can handle this morning.

7:30 am:  cleanup time

• While the baby remains in my shower, I begin to scrub and rinse and scrub and rinse my floors.  Lukee senses my disappointment in him as well, and begins to predict his future standings with me. 
  

"Mom, when I have to go live with the Bullocks, can my name be Coleson?" 

Completely taken off guard I ask, "Now why on earth would you go live with the Bullocks?"

With is face looking down and away he mumbled, "I dunno, they just need another brother I guess." ( I'm guessing he anticipated his actions were grounds for kicking him out of the family.)

"And why the name Coleson?"  I asked.

"I  just like that name I guess."

• I reassured Luke he'd never be sent away and finished the cleanup.  The one highlight is that I did get it all taken care of before the smell had a chance to set in.  Based on previous experience, I knew it had to be delt with asap or that would be the case.
• Ran back in to bath and collect Elsie from the shower.

9:00 am:  carpool

• Get Luke and Carter to school, ON TIME might I add, and head back home

9:15 am:  early nap

• No, not for me...for Elsie.  She was happy to lay down and I was happy to say goodbye to her for an hour or so.

9:30 am:  blogging to vent my feelings

Oh help me through this day...

Comments

[Becky Tiffany]

Gotta love the poop messes ... esp when it starts going into the mouth!

[Nicole]

Ahhh poopy footprints. I remember those days...

At least Luke has good taste, the Bullocks wouldn't mind a little visit. Even funnier would be that his name would be Coleson (Nicole's son??) He's welcome to stay with if he ever needs to ;)

[Allyson]

WOW! That is one insane morning. I am very HAPPY to report that I have NEVER had a poop mess to clean up. Maggie never even attempted to take her own diaper off until a few months ago, and then it was just to "help" me while I was changing her. Thank goodness, 'cause I don't think I'd take kindly to such messes. I s'pose I'm not in the clear yet, since Max is only 1, but I can hope, no? Anyway, impressed that you got through it all by 9:30 and had a moment to blog.