The First Hour of the Day

Frequently, I log onto our adoption agency's chat forum - just to see what is going on with that particular group of people who we made contact with over three years ago. Today, a post got me thinking, so with inspiration from another adoptive mother, here is my blog entry for the day.

In the first hour of this day my daughter:

• woke me up by turning on the television set at 6:45 AM
• watched half a minute of The Upside Down Show
• took all the books from her bookshelf off - she wanted the book on the bottom
• had me read her The Three Little Pigs
• made a bed in the living room to sleep
• "cooked" soup in her kitchen
• played a game on Noggin.com
• ate all the reward M & M's in the bathroom
• ate a popsicle (I know, but it has fruit in it - I think it counts as a food group!!)
• ate grits and ham (see, I am not all bad at this mother thing)
• danced to Dora
• pulled all her puzzles out of the storage bin and scattered the pieces to the four winds
• played on her "computer"
• sent marbles on their daily run
• played with her car road (race track)

Now, she is silently watching Oswald or Little Bear and vegging out on the floor. I am exhausted just watching her move. Oh, and did I mention she has a cold and really doesn't feel well?

Me - in the same first hour of the day:

• laid on the couch, trying hard to pretend I was still in my bed, warm and cozy.
• got up and hunted for the remote to change the channel
• grabbed a Coke to drink, put the remainder in the freezer for a Coke treat later on!
• stepped over puzzles
• logged onto my favorite chat boards
• read email
• laid back down on the couch to read a book to said three year old
• drank more Coke
• got popsicle, make grits and ham
• re-checked email
• cleaned up the grits that dear one dropped on the floor
• re-made grits to replace the dropped ones
• laid back down on the floor with cute, cuddly three year old
• pretended that I was still asleep and
• tried to avoid thinking about the myriad of decorations that I need to take down! :-(

My husband's first hour of the same day:

• slept through the 6:45 AM television wake up call
• slept through the first hour and at last look is still snoozing away, oblivious to all the activity in the house. Ahh! Must be nice to be a man! ;-)

Well, enough procrastination for one morning... I am off to de-Christmasitize (yes, that is a word, I just invented it!) my home!