The Puddles

and I’m still not going to bed for another hour.  Seriously!!  How does this happen?  Well, I’ll tell you . . .

I forgot about my fourth child and I over planned for the one day my husband was home.

So I’m still doing laundry so that Chris will have clean clothes this week. (I’m sure everyone will appreciate that.)  I tried to do too much today.  The day started good. Chris took me to see the new Harry Potter movie.  Very cool!  I loved it and cried through a majority of the movie.  I just finished rereading the final book so there were no surprises, but I still cried.   I got to see it with 400+ other people in the theatre.  I’ve never had that experience before.  I’ve never gone to see a Harry Potter movie on it’s opening weekend. It was so much fun to hear the collective laughs, the gasps for Snape, the cheers for Mcgonagall, and the final applause for the end with many in the crowd shouting “Mischief managed!”  Really fun!  I didn’t think that I would get to see it for several more weeks, but Chris surprised me this morning with a babysitter.  So I guess I can sacrifice a little sleep tonight in order to see the movie this morning.

But I also tried to clean house, go to the store for a birthday present for Ainsley, and do some work for a few hours. To top it off we had a crab boil to attend tonight at a neighbor’s house (delicious!).  It was a great day.  Except that it is midnight!!  and I’m still packing someone’s luggage.  Well at least Madie and Ben are organized and ready for next week.  My maps are printed off.  The medicine bags are ready to go. My prayers have been said and the babies have all been hugged before their big journey this week.  I’m ready . . . or at least I will be when this last load of laundry gets done.