A typical morning...

This morning was insane. I woke up late and for some reason my darling husband decided not to try to wake me earlier! Nice of him, but because I went to bed quite early last night (like in right after the kids), I didn't get the stuff I normally do done the night before. So, I'm racing around trying to get kids dressed, lunches made in a space of a 1/2 hour. We made it to school in time, but I felt frazzled. I hate being late for anything!

After we dropped off the three, my youngest, I'll call him Alex for this (I've always loved that name, why we didn't name him Alexander is another story!), went to the fruit and veg store. Alex was wonderful, took the fruit I picked and took it to the counter. The lady who works at the store knows us (we go in weekly) and she always smiles at Alex. Then off to the bookstore to get the next "story" of Dora The Explorer. Our second oldest child, the 5 yo (call her Marie), is really into Doro. They have a package here that includes a CD for the PC and a book. She's collected them all so far, this was number 8 that we picked up today. They are nice because they teach, even Spanish! Anyway, while at the bookstore, Alex finds a tractor in and brings it up. Now, my biggest fault with Alex is that I cannot tell this boy no. I know I should, I have no problems telling the girls no, but with him, I just have the biggest problems. So, he's holding this tractor, looking at me with his big blue eyes and goes "Mummy plllleeeese?" Well, he is now the proud owner of a tractor. What IS nice though, the price was marked wrong, I paid only $6.00 for the tractor, and the lady and I agreed it should have been $16.00. But, because the sticker on the box said $6, she gave it to me for $6. Part of it is I'm sure that we go in there practically every week and buy something.

After the stores, Alex had a dental appointment. His very first one! I was a tad worried (as was the dental lady) about how he would react. But, he was a pro. Sat on my lap, opened his mouth and caused no problems whatsoever. For a 2 1/2 year old, I was pretty impressed. The dentist said he was a "happy" baby, which I agree :) Did find out something interesting that I didn't know. There is no fluoride in the water here, so, we need to get toothpaste with more fluoride in it. Plus, when he's a tad older, they'll put fluoride on his teeth. I'm used to have the fluoride in water. Now, Alex DID throw a tantrum on the way out - he didn't want to leave!! The dentist said that was a first that a kid wasn't ready to bolt out the door after his appointment.
We're back home now and I need to get some laundry started and other things done that I haven't had a chance to.

Ta for now