Al Fresco

Woke up with a splitting headache. Breakfast for kids. Breakfast + Excedrin for me. Took all four kids to three different grocery stores (no tears! Even from me!). Unloaded and put away all the groceries. Made lunch for the kids. Unloaded/reloaded the dishwasher. Took the garbage out. Cleaned up toys.  Put the baby down for a nap. Threw in a load of laundry. Made dinner and put it in the crock pot. Put on Star Wars for the older kids (and heard my six year old say, "I guess there's a time in everyone's life when they know the difference between R2D2 and C3PO." ha ha!). Finally sat down to eat my own lunch and read for a minute. Put laundry in the dryer. Went to the studio and right as I picked up my brush to paint, the baby woke up. Held the baby and joined the other kids with Star Wars until my husband got home. Took the girls to their parent teacher conference. Made it into the studio and painted this painting. Husband kept me company and we caught up on our days. Wolfed down some dinner. Went back to the school to help with the book fair. Made it to the library right before close to get a book for my daughters. Went back to the grocery store for one item... that of course, they were out of. Made it home in time to kiss the last child off to bed. Sat down at the computer and here we are. Whew. How was your Wednesday?