Fallout

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Timbers Game & Timbers Game Fallout

Avery did awesome at the game last night.  She was engaged the whole game according to D, she could describe her favorite part of the game (watching D wave a big flag), and she was still wide awake when they got home at 11 pm.  She fell asleep about 11:30, I think.

In the lobby of D's office building before the game - I wish we'd had a real camera for this picture.  So cute.

Avery did not do awesome today as a result of said very late bedtime.  My friends (you know who you are) looked at me a bit incredulously when I said Avery was going to the game despite the late start time.  Originally, that was my reaction too when I found out the start time.  D pointed out it wasn't that late and she's been up that late before without dire consequences.  With time, it became a given in mind that she'd go, which was why I said to the aforementioned incredulous friends, "Late nights every once in a while don't seem to impact Avery."  Yeah, half of that is true.  The night part of it; the next day part of it, not so much.

So today was just awful.  Avery was either exceptionally sweet and adorable, or a complete nightmare throwing fits over nothing - and she'd turn on a dime between these two states. Unfortunately, the distribution was something like 10% sweet, 90% nightmare.

Avery is still going to go to the next evening game, but I will 1. ensure that I'm mentally prepared to deal with the fallout the next day (e.g. not scheduling a playdate I then have to bail on) and 2. maybe I'll pick up D and Avery from the game to expedite their arrival home.  Something like that.  We'll see.

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Poop

My stellar day with Avery was only just topped off when the three kids (G date night) were in the tub together.  Nolan pooped in the tub.  D is out for the night, so I had to manage poop fallout on my own.  Ew.  I don't know how long they'd been sitting in the tub with poop as I was busy tidying up the bathroom and closet before I noticed something odd floating there.  I quickly escorted Avery and Elise into the shower, then transferred Nolan into the shower.  Next, I fetched bleach & fishing implements (read: slotted spoon and a large bowl).  First, I rescued the toys from the poop-infested water.  I put those in a sink of bleach water.  Then I scooped the poop, then I let the water drain, then I washed the tub completely out, then filled it back up to the top with bleach water, then I ran the jets just to be aggressive about it.  I'll probably end up cleaning that sucker another few times before I can bring myself to use it again.

Elise asked to sleep in Avery's room, so I dragged our extra twin mattress in there.  I haven't given them the chance to sleep in the same room in quite some time, so it'll be interesting to see how they do. Update: as of 8:20, they're still awake, but they're being fairly quiet and I'm lacking any motivation to do something about the talking.

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Go figure

Fortunately, before Avery's complete meltdown this morning around 10 AM, I managed to make both banana bread and the meat sauce for tonight's dinner.  In the banana bread, I substituted brown rice flour for regular flour and guess what?  Best banana bread I've ever made.  Not "good for gluten free" bread; best bread ever.  Go figure.

The meat sauce was made for the kids to have spaghetti tonight.  I made myself brown rice to mix in with it.  Guess what?  I actually prefer it mixed in with brown rice versus eating it with pasta.  Go figure.