Waste Management

A couple weekends ago, my parent's came to our house and blessed us by staying the kids for 2 nights while Eric and I went away for our anniversary. This is the first time since Andrew was born that we have been gone for more than one night. We really needed to get away. It was good that both my mom and dad were here to manage the kids. I've said it before, they're good kids, but anyone who doesn't take care of them on a daily basis is likely to have a hard time with three kids under 3 years old for 2 nights. Everything went great and the kids behaved really well... at least that's what I'm told.

When we came home, my dad said to me, "Now I know what you do all day... Waste management." We all got a good laugh. He's right though. Today I was reminded of that once again.

This morning we decided to take a walk to the park that's near our house so that the kids could play on the playground and get some energy burned off. I knew that by doing this my day would be more sane as I try to prepare for our trip. Before we left, I made sure that Andrew had pottied and the girls diapers were fresh. After about 20 minutes of playing, I look over and see Andrew walking with his knees together. I knew that we were having a potty issue. He said to me, "Mom, I have to poo poo." I thought, "Ah ****, we'll never make it home in time." It only takes us 5 minutes to walk to the park through the path mowed through a field. We got home and sure enough we were too late. I couldn't be mad at him though. He said to me, "Mommy, it came out by itself."

So, we got all cleaned up and I thought we were ready to head back to the park. I picked Anna up to put her back in the stroller and quickly realized that I had another mess to take care of before we left. So, I got Anna cleaned and changed and now I thought we'd get out the door. Alissa was really crying by now since I had left her in her carrier thinking this would be quick. So, I picked her up and.... you guessed it! MORE POOP!

Can you say Waste Management?!