Blocker Boys On the Go!

     This is the story that led me to create blogs for both of the boys. As we begin the story know that Kenaniah is in the middle of his morning nap.

     Korvin and I are in the kitchen discussing the peanut butter sandwich that he says he needs.  So I make the peanut butter sandwich while we are discussing the cat playing by the back door.  I ask him if he needs to go potty before he sits down. (We are in the middle of potty training.)  He says no and climbs into his chair.  I let him know that I will be right back, and that I am going to the potty.

     Seriously i make it to the bathroom, and sit down.  Then I hear "MOM HELP POTTY!!"  I rush out of the bathroom as fast as possible imagining the mess he could be making.  He is standing in the kitchen doorway as I round the corner from the bathroom.  He takes one step around the piano and I can see the problem.  Poop is everywhere!!! I pick him up and put him in the bath tub for safe keeping.  Then I head back to the kitchen to do some damage control so that the dogs do not spread the mess. 

     Had the incident been with mud this would be the best swiffer wet jet commercial ever.  So the kitchen floor got cleaned, laundry got started, and Korvin got a shower.  Next thing on the list is to make it until daddy get home in one piece.  Oh and somewhere in there we have to make dinner.  For right now it is mommy time as the minions are sleeping.

My husband has duty so he is gone for about 36-40 hours.  He will then come home exhausted because he rarely sleeps on duty.  Korvin is potty training, and Kenaniah is cutting a tooth.  Really could use some adult conversation right about now. 

I wonder some days where I got the idea that homeschooling might be for us.  I feel confident that I will make a good teacher.  The thing that bothers me is will I be able to maintain the house, direct school, and still make time for myself?

I just started putting time for myself back on the list of things I need to do.  Kenaniah is just now 10 months old, and playing by him self a bit more.  Korvin is turning out to be an awesome big brother. In fact so much so that it is making bed time a circus at our house.  The boys share a room so if Kenaniah starts crying at bed time Korvin gets up and gives him a toy.  If that does not work he reads him books.  All the while I just want them to both lay down and SLEEP!! Korvin likes to have the light on as he has recently started waking with bad dreams in the middle of the night.  Kenaniah seems to prefer the room to be pitch black, cold, and quiet so he can go to sleep.  Just another never ending battle right there.

Now the good news for the blog.  It turns out I have bouts of insomnia when the hubby is on duty.  So I will have plenty of time to write stuff, and keep it up to date.  The bad news is that the next day I might not be so up in the SUPER MOM rankings.  One day at a time! We have been dealing with duty days for months, and I still get very little sleep on duty nights.  That leaves me to wonder how I will survive an entire deployment with kids. That however is an entirely different blog post.

I hope everyone out there in the blog world is doing well.