AHHH!!!!!!!!!!

First of all, if one more of my kids asks me if they can play on the Wii, I am going to move the 10am time to 2pm, a time when the kids are home with Kris.  It's 17 minutes away.  Can they NOT find SOMETHING else to do???  Katherine is sitting on the couch reading a book and the only one that isn't irritating me right now.  I HATE this summer schedule.  For me, it is better than what we were doing before (me working from home 3 days/week and Kris the other two), as far as being productive.  I meet Kris at the office at noon with all the kids and work from noon-8pm.  He takes the kids home (after working 7am-noon) and then tries to put in another 3 hours sometime during the afternoon.  The schedule isn't great for him at all and I can see the stress and tension in him every day.  We have tried to figure out an alternative, but there really isn't one.  It is imperative that I be in the office for 8 hours each day, both for my own mental health and for the sake of our company.  We're swamped and if I miss a day, it'll take me four just to catch up.  But it isn't working for him to only put in 5 hours in the morning either.  A month and a half doesn't SEEM like a long time, but when you are trying to juggle this, a day seems like a year.  Just getting to noon each day is a struggle for me.  I am SO glad that I am not having to try to work now in the mornings while the kids are home.  I'm having a hard enough time as it is, without having to be productive for my job too.  I cannot wait for school to start.  39 more days.  Just 39 more days...

On a different note, I got a necklace in the mail yesterday, from a giveaway I won over at The Life of a Sippy Cup Mom.

Here is what my caption said when I posted it on Facebook:

"I won this! The designer of the necklace packaged all of these other cute little items with it. I'm not really into jewelry and pretty, neat little packaging (I'm kind of a tomboy)...but I have to admit that I was impressed with the entire thing and would definitely recommend that you check out http://emilinaballerina.etsy.com! And while I wasn't sure how I would like it, now that I see it, I actually LOVE it and will wear it proudly...when I remember to put it on!"  Petit oiseau is apparently French for "little bird".  Now if only the necklace had a fourth egg in the nest, then it would truly show ALL of my little birds!  :-)  The necklace looks even better in person and it was like opening a present when I got it.  I opened up the shipping box to find a smaller box, tied with a ribbon, like a gift.  Check out Emilina Ballerina if you are in the market for some new jewelry!  You won't be disappointed!!