First few days on shuffle....

First few days driving and shuffling four little lives and their schedules along with mine went off without a hitch. While driving last night I only got lost for a minute and little 7 yr old Charlotte was with me. We went to pick up her older sister from drama practice and I missed a turn. But Tuesday morning's crash course on how to get back and forth from school to the house in a minivan happened early, so I think I did well, all things considered. Thanks for your prayers :D

These are the random stops on the first few days of shuffle:

Whose doing what when? Check the schedule. Pizza money in Charlottes bag. Carpooling. Early morning choir practice. Let the dog out before you leave. Spelling words practice. Enough bread for lunch sandwiches AND garlic bread for spagetti tonight? Homework. Was the dog fed? Family life and dinner around the table. Drama practice. School project. Dodgeball tournament? Making chocolate chip cookies. Uno with 7 yr. old to keep her entertained while brother and sisters do homework. Breaking up "spits". Baseball practice. Breaking up "spats." Invitation to Friday's birthday party. Chores. Kids old enough to DO chores....beautiful.

This morning was an early morning. We were out of the house by 7:25 am. Whooosh! But after dropping them off, I had a few hours to chillax (read, sip coffee, exercise - I was able to run for 43 minutes) before jumping into the other schedule of high school and college english stuff and my last salsa lesson, which was a blast. I think I might continue in a few weeks. Nori covered the schedule on the "home front" this afternoon and evening while I was in the city. I got back to the house around 11:20 pm.

The weekend is going to be busy, but great. I think we can do this until Tuesday! Lots of kudos to all moms and dads who do this to some degree every day. :D