wednesday midday

this morning: smoothies for everyone, folding laundry. Hap takes it upstairs, delivers it where it goes, except one load that "exploded everywhere, it was so heavy!" little kid's sized oatmeal, for a snack (dry instant oatmeal-ask Dana). then a pbs kids show while i take a shower. i invent in my head the shower monitor, a water proof baby monitor you can take in the shower. then shows over, kids scream for more, i start cleaning up, evenutally they stop screaming and jumping off the couch and actually help. i vaccuum, they destroy, i vaccuum, Hap takes over vaccuuming, I fix the destruction, Hap hurts his foot on the vaccuum, takes a break on the couch. i finish vaccuuming, they start rolling the couch all over the room, bumping stuff, knocking over a fake plant. then Hap gets out all the stuff to make scrambled eggs, pan bowl eggs whisk. drops 2 of the 4 eggs on the floor. a fight ensues over who gets the last 2 eggs. i resolve it, and make mac and cheese also. i'm beginning to feel like crap, take 2 dayquil, dream of more coffee or a latte at the shop. feeling better, the kids decide to play a game, Hap's asking Elsa which one she wants to play, they pick the Zoboomafoo puzzle, i give it to them, they work on it while i start typing this, mostly quietly, with some success. now they're in here hanging on my shoulders singing 'this land is your land' mostly together, Hap knows all the words, Elsa hits most of the notes. now it's a lecture about hippos, Elsa tells me they swim and can open their mouth huge, Hap says they grow as big as me, 5 feet tall. Hap's upstairs pooping, now i have to go wipe his bottom.