10 on 10: August 2013

One photo, every hour, for 10 hours

Phil started his first audition rotation at a Phoenix hospital in the psychiatry department.  An audition rotation is a month long working interview basically. Phil gets the chance to see the program he is interested first hand, work with the current residents, get face time with the program director and they in turn get to see him and see if he is a good fit for their wants. This is the first of four auditions that we have set up.

He usually leaves for the hospital by 6:30am and doesn't get the chance to say goodbye to the kids before they wake. Today we were lucky. It is a Saturday though. Bummer.



Once dad has left we do the morning routine of breakfast, PBS kids, getting dressed, diapered, etc. I have a class I want to attend at the gym so once I get the kids mostly ready I change my own clothes. Here Rhett has hijacked my phone and the smart little booger knows how to open my phone and access what he wants. Like all technology, especially our phones, the kids all crowd around trying to get a piece of the action.



We load up, drive to the gym and I drop off the kids in the child care area. I just barely make it in time to my class, a power cardio/weight lifting class. It's my first time and I don't know what to expect. I really liked it and plan to keep it in my weekly rotation.



10 AM: still in class and then I get the kids out and we drive home. I didn't take a picture in time for the 10 hour.

Snacks and nap time prep! Cute boy.



Noon-1PM: The kids are down, I eat some lunch, putz around on the computer and then wise up and take a nap myself.

Rhett and Kate are awake, sweaty little bedheads that demand milk and a show to ease their wake-up process. Max is still passed out and I leave him be since he was up at 6am.



I take advantage of having one less kid around and since Kate asked we decide to paint her fingernails. She started the nasty little habit of biting her nails and as an incentive to quit I told her that she couldn't have her nails or toes painted until they grow long. It has been a few weeks, she has done well and then chewed them all off again so we start over. Finally she seems to be over it and her reward was a full mani-pedi. She was thrilled and loves to be pampered in this way.



I'm proud of her.



Max wakes after 3pm, the kids weren't eating much lunch so I tried again. They only ate their watermelon.

Here Rhett is saying "cold mommy!". No clothes, air conditioning and cold watermelon...

The day carries on and since we did most of our outings in the morning we stayed in the rest of the afternoon, the kids playing/destroying and I trying to maintain a tidy abode. We are still waiting for Phil to come home.



Phil finally comes home, we play outside for a bit, visit with friends and Kendra, do a very light dinner and relax with some TV. I go grocery shopping alone and return to the kids in bed. We watch a new show on netflix for a bit and then go to bed.