Bedtime

I should be in bed. It is 11:30 at night and I am the only one home with the girls, but I'm not ready to go to bed quite yet. Today was just one of those days that just when things are ok, something goes wrong. Examples:
8:30- we wake up and Avrie is looking for Quinn because she wants to play, but by 9:30 she is hitting Quinn, kicking, telling me no, and making sassy faces.
9:45 - get calmed down and a plan for the day and we watch a movie while I sort clothes for a clothing swap, but by 10:30 Ella is hollering and screaming because she is ready for a nap. I try 3 times to get her down for a nap, we still have to rock her because she will NOT fall asleep if you try to let her cry. On try #3 I let her fuss and then cry for about 10 minutes but then it because this horrible screaming that no mother should ever have to listen to, and I can't handle it, especially knowing that if I just take 2 minutes at this point she will be out.
10:50 - Movie is over and Avrie wants another one, Quinn and her argue over which one to watch, so I pick and say this one or none. Quinn agrees and starts to put it in the DVD player, but Avrie isn't satisfied (because things aren't going HER way) so more hitting ensues.  I ask Avrie to go to the thinking spot and a round of No's happen, so we sit together and a typical tantrum starts. About 10 minutes into the tantrum (they last so much longer at this age), she wakes Ella up. Ella upon realizing she is back in the torture chamber called "Crib" she freaks out. I don't want to "punish" Ella because I am dealing with Avrie so we go to Ella's room where Avrie continues to melt down.
11:15 - Avrie has been sent back to bed to calm down and regain her correct frame of mind. Ella has been fed and Quinn brings up 6 movies for us to choose from. We watch a Baby Einsteins and head off for lunch, get dressed and chaoticly head to the church to drop Rob off for his camping trip and me to help with the clothing swap, etc.
2:35 - Ella has playing and chatted with me the whole time I've been sorting things out in the church nursery, but it is nap time so she is getting fussy. I change her diaper and realize I need a sheet on the bed so she can nap at church while I help. I set her on the floor, screaming ensues, but I do what needs to be done until I hear a thud followed by painful screams. Ella was working on coming to get me and leaned over too far and smacked her forehead on the send of the door. An immediate bruise starts to we wander to the office for ice.
2:50 - Ella is alseep and I help with the set up of the clothing swap.
4:30 - Avrie realizes I don't have another granola bar and freaks out, but a quick discussion cools things down.
5:15 - We realize Aunt Lillian can't come over, and Mommy starts to panic. I've never had all 3 girls by myself, and Ella was awake at 5 am, 7 am, and 8:30 am last night and I don't know to manage it all. So I call for reinforcements and end up going out to a friend's house for dinner  and to gather my wits to get through the evening.
8:50 - We are finally ready to head out the door, with PJs on and we are on out way. Quinn starts saying her belly hurts. I ask multiple times if it hurts like she's going to be sick or what. I know, she's 3, but I was trying to get a read on her, knowing that Ella is going to finish her water in her sippy cup at any time and more crying and fussing will start and if I can just get home I'll take care of it.
9:15 - At a stop light, and Mt. Quinn errupts with no escape.  I felt completely helpless as I sit there stuck in the car and my little girl needs me.
10:00 - Got home, Quinn cleaned off, fought to get the car seats out of the car (have I mentioned we have only had this car for 2 weeks?) Quinn in the shower, Avrie towards bed, and Ella wakes up....SCREAMING...
10:10 - Avrie and Quinn in bed with books, me feeding a very restless Ella. I finally got her to sleep by 10:45 and I'm not only exhausted, but not feeling the greatest myself...I think I ate too much.

So yeah, one of those days where it was a comepete roller coaster, and now, I just have to leave it for tomorrow because it is bedtime.