March 9 or "My very accomplished day"

Today I made about 15 phone calls that I had been putting off.  Made appointments that I had been putting off.  Cleaned out stuff that I had been putting off.  Went to the store...because I had been putting that off.  The problem with procrastination is that it eventually catches up with you and mostly in a big way.  I was supposed to have one of my three year olds today, but she may or may not have croupe and since Cebelle has asthma, I was hesistant to have her here.  Instead of sleeping in, I got up early and started getting stuff done.  I even had time to start a new book and exercise and teach school!

The kids did pretty great in their school work again.  Cebelle is experiencing some frustration with the letter x and remembering the /ks/ sound that it makes.  It makes her blending a little difficult, but she only learned that letter on Monday, so I'm sure she will get it.  It's the first letter she has had trouble with, so it's doubly frustrating for her.  Hayden had a spelling test today and he got a 91%.  Most of the mistakes that he makes are from getting in too much of a hurry.  He is learning in math how to turned mixed numbers into fractions to multiply them.  He has done very well with that concept so far.  School is still lasting about three hours a day for us, which I think is a good amount of time to be studying diligently.

One of my other main daily occupations is breaking up kid fights constantly.  My kids are constantly arguing about playing.  It all centers around the two of them playing what one wants to play and then refusing to play what the other wants to play.  Or agreeing to play with each other and then one of them deciding they don't want to.  It has gotten so ridiculous that by 4 pm today I was threatening to lock them in their rooms and forbid them to speak or look at each other except when it is necessary for school work.  Honestly, I have no idea what to do with the two of them.  I think they just like to argue.  I assume they must be getting some kind of fun out of it...otherwise, why the heck would they do it all the time?

The only thing I didn't manage to accomplish today was crafting.  I had planned to work on my cross-stitch and get a lot more of it done and complete some squares for a baby blanket, but that was the thing I ended up putting off today.  Which I suppose is fine.  Because now that I have all that other stuff that I had put off finished, I have more time to craft tomorrow. 

Hayden accidentally squeezed my hand in a manual can opener today.  I was handing it to him by placing it on my palm and reaching my hand over to him.  He grabbed both handles and squeezed them together.  A big chunk of my palm got squeezed in the part that actually opens the can and I started screaming and he panicked and squeezed harder.  Ouch. Painful.  It's a miracle that it didn't slice through my hand.  When he finally let go, I had tears running down my face and he was so upset.  I was grasping my hand and trying to reassure him that everything was okay.  Of course he didn't mean to do it!  He ran and got me a cold washcloth to hold against it and before too long, it wasn't so bad.  It didn't break the skin, but I am sporting one heck of a bruise just underneath my left hand ring finger.  Poor little guy.  I felt so awful for him.  He has been apologizing ever since and telling me how much he loves me.  He has so much empathy that it just broke his little heart to have hurt me. 

I am getting ready to tuck my sweet little monkeys in bed.  They got in bed late last night because of our marriage class and both of them got up early today.  I'm hoping to get them tucked in and get them some good rest tonight.  Maybe the result will be less fighting tomorrow.  Or maybe it won't....

Then I plan to curl up on the couch, catch up with my hubby, and watch a couple of shows before I head off to bed.  I plan on sleeping very well because my mind will not be filled with how much I need to accomplish tomorrow!