2 1/2 Months, 4 Days, 8 Hours and 7 1/2 Minutes

Today is the first day of the last days of my sanity.  There is a lot to be said for not having to get up in the morning and get Hayden ready for the bus.....however......there is a lot to be said for having them in my face all the time as well.  As I'm sure every other parent of school-age children is thinking right now, I'm pondering my chances of mental and emotional survival through the next 10 weeks or so.  I put the over-under at 2 weeks before Mommy-meltdown.  Any takers?  I didn't think so.  The over-under for Hayden-meltdown is 5 minutes.  I have drafted a list of commonly-used phrases that I am going to record for playback so I don't lose my mind repeating myself every 5 seconds. I'm going to keep the tape on a constant loop like the music at restaurants (which you may not know about unless you've worked in one, and that by the end of your shift you hate every song on that night's rotation)....I figure my chances of the right phrase being played at the same moment something is happening are pretty good, like 75%.   The list goes something like this:

don't touch that
give me that
where did you get that
what's that noise
what's that smell
who did this
shut the door
shut the refrigerator
put on your glasses
where are your glasses
what are you doing
are you ok
where are you
where's the remote
stay out of my bathroom
get over here
get that out of your mouth
get down from there
get in the car
go sit in time out
stop screaming
Im on the phone
just a minute
wait your turn
what did you just say
don't you talk to me like that

While I was typing the list I said at least 6 things that are on the list.  Its going to be a long.....hot.....summer.

On a lighter note, the girls had fun at Hayden's class picnic today!  We got rained out, but had a good time in the classroom too.  I was happy that I was able to arrive on time, since according to Hayden (and anyone that knows me) I'm not on time very often.  She was having a meltdown the other day, and here is a snipit of the conversation.  As you are reading it, use a whiny, sobbing crying voice for Hayden's parts, and a calm, soothing voice for mine (ha!):

Hayden: "Mommy the awards ceremony is tomorrow, are you coming?" 
Me:  "Yes I will be there"
Hayden:  "No you won't"
Me:  "Yes I will"
Hayden:  "But you will be late!"
Me:  "No I wont"  {this is the part where I feel like a total a-hole because she's right.  I make a mental note to start getting ready at 7:00 a.m., or maybe even the night before}
Hayden:  "But you're always laaaaaaate" {insert more crying here}

What am I supposed to say to that?  Time to change the subject........

So I managed to be on time for the awards ceremony and Hayden was very happy about that!  And now I'm 2-for-2 since I was on time for the picnic today too!  But staying true to form, I still had to screw up something.  Apparently I had enough forethought to remember to bring the camera but not enough to remember to take the memory stick out of the computer.  Thank god for camera phones.  The quality isn't as good but it will do in a pinch.

This next thing cracked me up.  I sent Hayden around her class today during the "picnic" to get her yearbook signed.  She decided to get everyone's phone numbers at the same time.  I thought that was a pretty good idea, until I saw the end result, which requires no witty taglines.

In other news, Bailey's getting glasses!  Yesterday we picked up one of the two pairs of glasses.  Thankfully it was the Dora pair that came in first.  She looks so cute!  Even though the humidity was wreaking havoc on her hair.....

So by now you are probably wondering what gives with the title of this post.  Allow me to explain.

2 1/2 months until school starts (for both girls) and I get my days back.  4 days until the M3 Festival and a much needed break.  It took about 8 hours for Bailey's glasses to get lost (or hidden), and 7 1/2 minutes for someone to get a timeout today.

I hope everyone has a nice, relaxing summer!