Blah, Monday :(

Just wanting to whine LOL

One child has double ear infection and on meds. His nose is constantly running and he's whiny today. I started to transition him off morning nap last week and knew today might be tricky after the weekend at home. However, he came in today with no crying ( usually cries when mom leaves and than instantly stops...little turd lol)

The little handful is into everything today, doing things he knows he can't, climbing everything and slobbering on all my toys. Good thing he's cute!

The 3 year old is fine other than not wanting to play with anyone.

The Chinese boy came in great today and is still doing good. Ate morning snack for the first time but is tired and asking to go to sleep already.

I have a lingering headache that I fear will turn into a migraine. My stomach is off today so I don't want to venture far from the house lol.

Now that I typed it out it doesn't sound so bad lol. Guess it's time to suck up my whiny-ness and get them outside!!

How's your Monday??

So far so good here. We went outside at 8 this morning until 9:45 (burr was it cold) so that kind of threw the group off but had to as my house cleaners came this morning (basement still under construction). We ended up going to the front of the house after about 45 minutes to play with the chalk (and sit in the sunshine). My last child got dropped off while we were outside so he didn't get too dirty. I had to strip down the 3 girls at the back door before I would let them in. I have all their coats, mitts, socks and pants in the washing machine now. Wet grass and colored chalk do not mix LOL. My house is clean and enjoying the beautiful sunshine through the living room windows. Kids are watching Doodle Bops right now and then we will do some coloring/art. Looking forward to some super nice weather this afternoon and throughout the week. My daughter starts swimming lessons tonight and I am so happy that she is old enough now that I don't have to go in with her!!

Ugh, I detest Mondays!

I'm down 2 kids today (18-month-old dcb is getting tubes in his ears and grandpa is watching his sister so mom and dad don't have to worry about pickup times and such) and the day still sucks!

My own 22-month-old decided she didn't want to get ready to take the kids to school this morning and had a colossal fit on the kitchen floor. Then I discovered she had pooped, and had to pin her down to keep her from rolling and flailing to change her. Poor kid was covered in snot and all blotchy by the time I got her in the stroller! lol

New 2.5-year-old dcg still refuses to nap, climbs out of the playpen 3 seconds after she's placed in it EVERY SINGLE TIME, and can't even have "quiet time" in the playroom by herself during naptime. She keeps on coming up the stairs by herself, dragging blankets and stuffies. Not only do we both need a break, but she's going to trip on the stairs and fall one of these times - they know full well they are NOT to do the stairs without me there, just in case. I finally got sick of it and strapped her into a highchair in the middle of the playroom. The kid has GOT to learn to listen, and she seems to have zero concept of what it means to actually respect any kind of authority. She went completely ballistic, promised to stay downstairs, was let back down to play, and promptly fell asleep!!!

...for five minutes. Now she is screaming...again... .but appears to be at least staying downstairs. I soooo want to terminate this kid, but my husband has managed to talk me out of it for now. We want to sell our house and move across town, and her mom goes to school at the college right where we are looking - I know she'd stay with me. I would lose at least a couple clients, so the idea of guaranteeing at least one if we move is very appealing. The constant screaming and climbing at nap time, however, is NOT.

Hope everyone's Mondays are improving!

Ugh, doesn't sound fun!! Hopefully the afternoon is better

I had an interview this morning !! It was soo funny because one of my 3 yr olds kept telling the new mom that he loved it here and remembered his first day here ! It was almost like i paid him !!! He wouldnt keep out of the interview! Lesson learnt with him but at least it was all positive feedback !! lol so my day is rolling along !! Everyone was happy and it was a great monday Yay !!!
I bought some new tables and a bookcase with doors and have been organizing !!!
The only thing i detest about my play area is that the ceiling is not finished !! ugh hate it ! I had an estimate of $1000 to have it spray painted , my dh doesnt want to , so Im sitting here trying to figure out how to cover it ,

That is so cute secondtimearound!! I hope the family takes the spot!

I love getting new things and re-organizing!!

The day ended pretty good. My handful finally started to listen and the boy on meds wasn't whiny this afternoon. My handful's mom also paid early and in cash! Yay!! Payday isn't until this Friday but they get paid on opposite weeks and wanted to pay early...fine by me!

Yay !!! thats always fun !!!! Im glad your day was better !!! Im in new mans land here as Im thinking on passing the family, Ive never done that before !!! I was interviewing 2 and could accommodate both families but the one potential wasnt happy with my price and I would be potty training and the other potential has a 13 month old boy so no training for awhile, she is a teacher and has worked as a daycare provider so she fully understood my contract.
Im happy with the dcks I have and Im thinking I dont have to fill all my spaces. Usually Im pretty OCD about fitting and filling my dayhome but where I am right now, I think I'm happy !!
So now I must let her know I am not going to do dayhome for her and Im not sure how to do that !!!

Blah Tuesday!!! lol....I can feel myself getting grouchier as the days go on. I sometimes get in ruts and I feel I'm in one now. I am just miserable and grouchy and whiny and annoy even myself. I just want to stay in bed and sleep :( I love Fall, it's my favourite season and I feel that I'm missing out on it but can't shake this blah feeling. Hopefully I'm back to myself soon!!

So if I understand correctly, you are filling the one space with the teacher's child and leaving the other space empty? That sounds like a good idea if that is what you want :) I would just send her an email thanking her for the interest but that at this time all spaces are currently filled and you will be in touch with her if a space opens up in the future.

I love fall too !!!! I totally understand how you feel !! Last week I was feeling the same way ! I think with our personalities ( I'm just thinking about your posts ��) we can be so busy and over task ourselves and then suffer abit of burn out !! I spend so much time and energy as I like to do everything to the extreme that all of sudden I realize I'm down ! I usually break out of it by reorganizing and then I'm back on track ! But I allow myself to wallow lol when I'm down ! It might be the only way my mind gets rest !!
My dh will come home and look around and know my mood by our house and what dinner is lol ! He thinks he's so clever lol ! Last week , when I was grumpy , he ordered in Chinese food and we snuggled and watched tv most of the day while our youngest did her thing , he said he enjoyed the down time ! Lol usually I have a ton of things we "need" to do !!
My advice is just go with it , you must need a break !!!

Oops and I'm thinking I may just pass on both interviews ! Just enjoy the set up I have at the moment !! I was going to start the teacher but she hasn't contacted me back only to say , please hold the spot , I think not a great start !
So I will be down $900 but at this point I'm ok with that !!!

That sounds like a great day!! I think I need one of those days. Now that it's Fall, our weekends are getting a bit less busy. We have two weekends planned this month and than two in November but I think that's it for awhile! Take out and a movie in bed is muchly needed lol.

Tonight I had my weekly date with a friend and we watched SOA. That always helps to talk to her so it was a good visit. I cried (for a different reason) and had a good deep discussion. I'm now wide awake though LOL

As long as youre happy with your income and the set up, life is good!! It's good to be able to recognize when we have what we want!

I have a weekly date too !! Love blowing off steam with a gf !!!!

Yes it is definitely needed some weeks!

My stupid headache is lingering still. At some points it's quite painful and other times it's just a dull throb. Annoying and making me grouchy!

I did manage to decorate the daycare a bit today with leaves and pumpkins and started a Christmas gift project ( for personal use) while they free played. I'm hoping naptime goes smoothly today! The Chinese boy is still doing well but only naps an hour and than wakes up. He usually naps another hour but sometimes won't unless I'm in the room with him.

I can't stand headaches !!! I don't suffer from headaches very often thankfully and can not imagine doing my dayhome while suffering from one ! Ugh !!
I haven't started fall decorating yet ! I'm packing away summer toys and furniture and getting my dayhome ready for fall by painting ect . I saw the most beautiful playroom all done in hardwood , white and light green !!! Soo nice !! I used the primary colours in mine and although I really like it ..... Lol
Am I the only weird one who suffers from playroom envy ?? Lol
Your little guy sounds like he is quite comfortable !! Yay !! I'm transitioning a sibling family of 3 and sometimes feel like a juggling clown trying to find their interests and likes !! TV seems to be it ! Ugh so all morning I'm showing them how to play , pulling out crafts ect and today I set a timer and made them play for 10 min with something !! I have all the usual girl toys but they want to lay with a blanket and watch tv !!! So happy times here !!!

You are not the only one who suffers from playroom envy. I have a decent size playroom, and I still wish it was bigger. I want to do so much with it, but my husband would not be impressed if the playroom got a makeover twice, before we even get a chance to tackle other projects.

Lol my dh just smiles ! He's given up ! I want my playroom to look professional ! I have a preschool magazine and I have picked out my dream room lol ! But too much $$$$!
I am totally pintresting my life !! Lol !
I have redone my house and backyard and playroom but now have been redoing playroom !

I have huge playroom envy LOL. I love that my basement is a mini apartment and it works great for daycare purposes but I would love a larger playroom.

My husband is not so carefree and "do whatever you want" so I am stuck with limited ideas LOL. He just redid the basement before I took it over and he doesn't want to redo it again....what a party pooper!! ;)

Lol !!! Mine isn't happy about it either ! But he is pretty easy going !!! The kids arrived today and couldn't get over everything stripped !! Lol I'm painting Saturday night !!
My basement is shaped like a backwards , square p , I have a bedroom for sleeping room , bathroom , 2 bedrooms but wish for a kitchen !!!! Would be soo much easier . I have my assistant every day so there is two of us so I can go upstairs and make lunch but would love to be self contained !!!

That will be exciting!! Just to prove me wrong he tells me today that if I want to paint the daycare I can! I'd rather get my upstairs kitchen painted first though lol

I like having everything down here but I'd prefer a larger open basement.

Lol !!! i love painting and decorating !! I have done a few friends houses and was thinking of going into business,but at this stage ,having a 6 yr old I want to spend as much time with her !! I am just finishing her room and LOVE putting it all together !!! She is into horses and it has taken me about 8 months to find the right decorations ect I found a lady who does silhouettes of horses on wooden barn slats !! I am hoping to go to Calgary next weekend to pick up her cow skin rug !! I am driving everyone crazy here because really no one cares lol !!
what colour are you thinking of painting the kitchen ?

Ugh, I wish you lived closer to me!! lol. My friend is an interior designer so I just get her input lol. I'll have to see if she can come by some weekend to help me paint! I have no sense of style at all so she is able to put what I see in my mind into reality lol. She lives in another city though so doesn't get here very often. This is horrible to admit but she used to come over and dust my house...I miss that!! LOL

I have no idea about the kitchen. I would love new cupboards but we can't afford that right now so I have to settle for painting. I also want to paint the kitchen walls and the hallway....a simple project turns into so much more!!

Yes !!! But that's the fun !!! You could paint the cupboards !! I want to put a rock backsplash and paint cupboards a cream colour , like evaporated milk , we have a darker hardwood floor it would look great !!!! But I am waiting until dd bedroom is finished !
If I get anxious I clean so ...... Lol
I would totally help if I lived closer !!

I wish I enjoyed cleaning lol.

I went shopping and out for lunch today with a friend and we are having a double date tonight with our husbands so I'm slowly getting out of blah mood. Waiting to hear from 2 other couples so it might be a triple or quadruple date night!! We're going to the casino for supper and a bit of gambling and there's a live band playing so it should be fun!

Came home today and my husband had cleaned and bought me flowers and than put away the groceries for me. I think he's sick of my grumpy mood so is trying his hardest to get me out of it lol. It's working :)


Have a great weekend everyone!

That sounds like so much fun !!!! Aw !! How sweet !!! I love getting flowers ! I went shopping too ! Yikes ! Found the most gorgeous shoes !!!! I met my older daughters and we had lunch and tore up the mall !!! Had so much fun !! I also went and had my hair cut ! Totally pampered and indulged myself !! I was going to paint this weekend but my dd started a head cold and was so grumpy we are just going to relax ! My husband is over joyed !! Lol
I know I'm sick but I love cleaning !! Organizing things to the point that they are as organized as they can be thrills me ! Which is why pintrest is like a drug to me lol !!! So I'm excited to sit and pintrest today !!! I have started crocheting and each of my girls have requested a blanket for Christmas so I have been trying to ! I am almost finished the youngests !! I usually have so many projects going my problem is not trying to do do much , I will burn myself out and get down ! My husband is always saying to slow down but we've been together since I was 18 and he understands that's me ! I feel like I do my best while I'm juggling ! Lol but even I will admit it's getting harder !

Nice! The blankets will be such a good and useful gift!! I love organizing and it's the only time I really do a deep clean lol

I enjoy flowers too but I always tell him not to buy them as they're a waste of money and I would prefer something that will last or I can eat lmao. But it's nice to get flowers unexpectedly sometimes :)

Well I ran out of Tylenol for my dd and ended up going and getting paint ! So my dayhome is just about done !! I painted the entry floor as well ! Looks so nice , dh put 5 inch crisp white mouldings up and I'm in love !! Totally changes the look I had but I really like it !!

Awesome! You're a quick painter!! I bet it looks great :)

That sounds like something I would do. Go out for tylenol, come home with paint. Seems reasonable to me.

lol , I was out anyway !!!