back home

sunday afternoon.  we just returned from our sweden vacation yesterday afternoon and were so exhausted i can't even describe it.  still are.  max didn't sleep a minute on the flight home.  finn got a few hours while brent and i caught perhaps an hour each.  this year's trip was great.  we did quite a bit, saw lots of people and the weather was fantastic - will follow up with a separate blog about the trip.  as always, it sure is nice to be back home after being gone though..  today has been a lazy day.  speaking for myself.  the kids went to bed at 6:30 last night....so they got up at 4:30 this morning..and so did brent and i.  however, we did crawl back in bed while the kids watched a movie.  you got to do what you have to do...in order to survive.  seriously.  we got up early enough.  since then, brent has been rather busy..

what brent did today:

went grocery shopping (with finn)
brought back coffee and breakfast burritos
cut the grass
pulled weeds
trimmed hedge
blew everything clean with lawn blower
took his car to the car wash
took my car to the car wash
played legos with max
played catch with finn


here is what i did:

watered plants outside
trimmed a rose bush and the blackberry bush
played legos with max
wrote check for finn's school for this week
signed up / paid for hot lunch for max this semester
packed finn's lunch for tomorrow
fed the boys
napped with finn
did two loads of laundry
napped again

although we each have ten items on our lists, they don't seem very even.  i'm just so tired.  finn slept for over three hours at nap time but had some dinner and hopefully he will be able to sleep again tonight.  max stayed up all day and i have to admit...spent too much time on the ipad.  he fell asleep around 5:30 and now at 7:30 is still out.  not good.  not sure how the rest of the night will go. i suspect another 4:30 start of the day for max.  and the rest of us.  and guess who is to be back at work tomorrow?  sigh.