Simple Joy--The Birch Family

I've made a harder effort this week to get more done with my time. I was up at 6 am Monday morning making my to do list for the week. Here's a rundown of things I've accomplished so far. Its really quite a sad list, but Jonas has been teething and screaming all week so it has been a challenge to get a lot done. (The list is really for my own personal benefit so I have some sort of accountability.)

Monday

• Mended Jeff's suit including attaching a button, sewing a ripped pocket, and loose seam
• Caught up on all of my laundry including socks being mated. It sure is nice to see the hamper empty and our closets full!
• Scrubbed the kitchen and living room
• Spent an hour or so catching up the boys' baby books. Yes I am crazy and do baby books, blogs, and scrapbooks for each of my kids.
• Had dinner in the crock pot by 1:00
• Spent an hour outside with the boys relaxing on a blanket in the shade.
• Went grocery shopping.
• Helped Carson prepare the treat for FHE. He wanted to do Jello, so we put it in glasses and topped it with whipped cream and fresh strawberries.
• Prepared an FHE lesson and had FHE.
• Watched the boys have fun with the whip cream.

• Got a bunch of Scentsy materials labeled.
• Didn't get to bed until 3 am because Jonas was up screaming and miserable. I hate teething!

Tuesday

• Woke up at 6:30 and worked out.
• Cleaned up kitchen and living room again because some how they don't stay clean for very long. This seriously took most of my day.
• Spent some time on the phone trying to figure out a complicated customer return for Scentsy.
• Had story time with the boys.
• Played blocks with the boys for over an hour.
• Went up to Salt Lake to watch Kris' boys
• Watched Carson plant some bean sprouts that he had started in school and now badly needed to find a home in Kris' garden.
• Didn't get to bed until 3:30 am again because Jonas was up screaming.

Wednesday

• Woke up at 7 am to the sound of a screaming baby running a fever of 101.
• Decided that since we were all tired and cranky that we would get out of the apartment and go do something fun.
• We went to the library and got some new books and videos. We also signed up for the summer reading program. If we do everything we all get a free book in August, whoo hoo!
• Went and watched the fountains outside of the library until we got rained on.
• Went to the Aquarium.
• Made salsa
• Went out to Eagle Mountain to see if our foundation had been poured. NO LUCK. I'm not sure if its the combination of no sleep in the past few days and being pregnant, but I was furious they hadn't done anything yet!
• Went to Sonic and got our free root beer floats. Did you know it was free root beer float night?But I had to laugh that this is all the ice cream they put in the float. Oh well, it was free, right?