Sunday, a day of rest?

I'm not really sure any day is a day of rest in our lovely household of eight, but today was especially fun. Sundays are always fun, because we have to get our kids in church worthy clothes and to Sunday School by 9:15. They wake us up to go, so we assume it's important to them. They just don't understand why they can't wear stuff w/ holes in it, shorts, or pajamas. A couple of them don't understand why they have to wear clothes at all! That said, we usually manage to be leaving the house by 9:15, so all they miss is music time. I'm still trying to decide if that's really accidental.

This morning was especially challenging, because in addition to the usual greased pig wrestling match w/ Princess P and baby Guy, we had to have all of Chip's football stuff ready to go, and all the kids stuff for AWANA in the car because there would be no time between church and church for anything except football. It seems football has overtaken our life. In the end, we left at 9:30ish, and knew that after church we'd have to buy Chip a new banana, because, well we couldn't find the underwear for his old one. (Yes, the cup part really does look like a banana in his size. It's even yellow.)

So engrossed were we in finding the necessary equipment, we forgot to pack food for a meal. So all I had in the car was a bag of apples, a bag of chips, and a bag of pretzels, some bottled water, and some gatorade. It was an allergic parents nightmare when we had to get lunch after church...on the way to the game, in a drive thru. Princess P's food panel just came in, and like Bob it turned out she can't have gluten or dairy, but the kicker is she can't have soy or beef either....so we had to find a drive thru, w grilled chicken w/o soy sauce or other "added" flavorings. Thankfully, there was such a drive thru in the same parking lot as where we had to buy the banana! The day was saved!......(but our budget was not.)

After lunch, we raced to get to the football field before the 1pm picture time, (yes this was after a church service that got out at noon, and a half hour + drive from there ta boot.) I took the younger kids to the playground so baby guy could fall off some equipment while Princess P stole his drink and Bob ran back and forth for things he "forgot" out of the van. At least Princess D had fun playing.

Then I herded the two babes into our 1.5 stroller, and headed to the game. The photographer didn't show! The kids were fine having some "team building" exercises, but the parents were a tad upset for being there over an hour early for pretty much nil. We all pulled together to watch the game, and our team won! So at least it ended on + note. Except our day hadn't ended.....

Back to church for "teen parenting" class, otherwise known as 12 steps to a sane parent. I hope our kids come through okay. We just enrolled as a "prep course", but now are wondering if we should have just kept the blinders on until the ride started....

Then AWANA. I run the store and tonight was our first store night. We just had a major adjustment in pricing, and everyone is still figuring it out! But all in all, no great comedic moments there, and for that I'm grateful.

We're finally home, kids are snacked, and we survived. Now I can finally rest.