10 on 10: March

One photo every hour for 10 hours on the 10th day of the month.

(More like 17 on 10 but whatever. I took 60 pictures today for this project, so be happy I narrowed it down.)

Our mornings always start with warm milk and a show for the sleepy heads. The show of choice has thankfully moved on from Barney to Caillou. PBS Kids is our default for the weekdays and we queue up Caillou or Blues Clues on netflix on the weekends.

Rhett woke earlier and was ready for a nap around 7:30. He has been doing better at nights, sleeping through 1 or 2 am and then waking in the 6 o'clock hour. I remember this with Max and Kate and know that my little alarm clock will wake me at this time for the foreseeable future. It has only been after Max and Kate turned 2 that they sleep through the 7 o'clock hour. I am going to have to wake before the birds if I ever want to get a head start on these kids and steal some time to tend to myself. But that won't be happening until I get a solid 8 hours!

Max woke before Kate and I snuck him out of the room and let the sister catch a few more winks. Our house is much happier when she wakes on her own time.

Mr. Catnap still only sleeps 1 hour or less. Yet he always wakes up happy. Wouldn't you spring this face out of bed?

Today was cleaning day.

I sat on the floor to take pictures of the kids snacking and this beauty happened. No coaching from mom.

Naptime treat! 3 loads of laundry, 2 bath tubs scrubbed, 3 kids fed multiple times over, 5 poopy diapers (3 were from Max! a bit too much fruit lately?), breakfast and lunch dishes washed and all three kids down at the same time... I earned it.

Making use of my sewing machine in the guest room/Phil's man cave-study room. He has been out of town this week and I haven't sewn or crafted really since Rhett was born. Since Phil pretty much lives in this room I am not able to craft and let's be honest, I don't have the time or choose to use it elsewhere.

One taggie teether with crinkly sounds and bells for Rhett and two star wands, blue and purple respectively. All were a hit when they woke up. It makes me happy to make simple things and then see how much my kids enjoy them.

I love him. Everywhere we go people ask if he is always this happy. The answer is yes.

We borrowed a jumperoo for Rhett and he loves it!

So do Max and Kate. When Rhett isn't in it Kate puts her bear in it and bounces Bear around. 

I finished raking the leaves up in our backyard. Eight 33-gallon black garbage bags worth! I kind of miss yard work and the satisfaction of looking around after I finish and admiring my handiwork. This is good because I will most likely be taking over the yard work when we move back to the Talbot house. Phil and I both enjoy working outside and Phil is pretty darn good at it too.

The rest of the day went on without further photo documentation. Dinner, baths (Kate pooped in the tub and freaked out as she does when anything foreign or moving enters the waters), jammies, tending Rhett and then some mommy time for Max and Kate once Rhett was down. 7:30 bedtime for the olders, checked on Rhett and he had just been hanging out in his bed for 45 minutes or so. I nursed him to sleep and then finished my Saturday deep cleaning. Blogging, shower and now bed for me. Phew.

I used the point and shoot for these images and I reallllly miss my Nikon and the control I have over my images. But I am glad that I still did today's project regardless of the camera.