A Double Bad Day

What a day! Despite staying up until the late hour of 10 pm, Kellan had everybody up and out of bed shortly after 6:00 this morning. At first I saw this as a good thing 'cause I had lots to do; however, by the end of this afternoon, I was feeling pretty tired!

While I was doing my usual Saturday house chores, the kids and their cousin, Cody, decided to build a fort in their bedroom. I was grateful for the distraction until Jacksen decided to jump out of the top bunkbed. He hit his little leg on a bar stool (NO...the kids don't usually have bar stools in their bedroom - it was part of the fort!) and has a nasty bruise. Not even twenty minutes later he somehow managed to fall off the back of the couch and smacked his face on the floor. This resulted in a fat, bloody lip and a very sore, bloody nose.

After spending quite awhile getting the kids' bedroom back in order, we drove to Target to shop for some items for a care package for a friend whose little girl is in the hospital in Salt Lake City. I have no idea why I thought it would be a great idea to attempt this with three children in tow, but I did it. I don't think I'll do that again....at least not until they are ALL past the age of 15. Maybe not even then. We went to lunch at McDonald's and then Auntie Ami took Jacksen to her house while I dropped Megan off at a friend's house for a playdate, took Kellan on a quick grocery shopping trip to Walmart and then took him to a birthday party at Burger King. After the party I picked up Megan and then went to Ami's to pick up Jacksen. Whew! We got home on time to put away groceries and throw a lasagna in the oven.

While I was putting together the lasagna, Kellan and Jacksen chased each other through our house with lightsabers. Well, Jacksen tripped and scratched up his knee. Then Kellan spilled an entire glass of milk on my arm during dinner. The final straw was Jacksen having a little intestinal issue just while he was preparing to take a shower. Ugh.

After the shower, which was sorely needed after the little "intestinal issue", Jacksen and I were checking out the bruise he got after he jumped out of the bunkbed and discussing his sore lip and nose....he said "I had a bad day. I had a DOUBLE BAD DAY!" Yeah...I know a little something about that...