Sunday's

Sunday's are interesting and it doesn't matter what time we get up to go to church we still have trouble getting their on time.

9:20 a.m. "Spencer, wake up its time to give the boys a bath."

We are a the point now where we just have a big man shower or bath. Only bad thing about this process is that between the four of us, four of us pee in the shower or tub. Generally the man shower runs much more smoothly and Stephanie will take Cohen out first and get him ready then I will bring the other two boys out and get them ready.

The man tub is much more difficult, We generally build stuff in the bathtub and play around a lot more. We have those water pirate sets that you can create boats and treasure maps on the side of the tub and stuff.

9:50 "It's time t get out of the tub"

We continue to play a few more minutes, the man tub only happens on Sundays so we all take advantage of that time.

10:10 "I'm serious, we are going to be late you need to get the boys out".

It generally takes about 20 minutes to get all three boys ready to go, not including shoes and coats and loading them into the car. This process includes lotion everywhere, special lotion on rashy spots (Cohen and Ian), diapers, pullups, undershirts, shirts, pants, socks, teeth brushing, gummies(a daily vitamin of some sort), hair and ties.

10:30 "Can you take them downstairs and let me finish getting ready".

It takes me two minutes to get ready and then I proceed to take the boys downstairs.

10:32 "Seriously, can you take them downstairs and feed them."

Cohen gets a bottle and Noah and Ian generally share a bagel with cream cheese and have a sippy cup full of milk and maybe some fruit. Depending on the day the two oldest boys sit down quietly and eat at the table.

10:42 "I'll be down in just a minute"

I proceed to put shoes and coats on, It doesn't take to long if all things are in the proper place, including boys.

10:47 "I know, I know it starts in ten minutes".

We have a full size SUV and the second row is full of car seats and the back seat has the stroller and some other stuff. Ian always goes in first. He is the son that runs the most, so I usually like to buckle him in place so he can't run off before we are ready to go. Doing anything in a suit is difficult, especially lifting a thirty pound son into a car seat and buckling him up correctly, without getting "CSC" on your suit. (Car Seat Crap or CSC is all of the left over food, water, juice, spitup, throwup, candy, boogers, junk that accumulates in the car seat between washes.)

Noah is always second, he is at the point where he listens and follows most directions. He usually climbs into his car seat and waits to be buckled. Usually.

Cohen is always last, he is the least mobile so he doesn't go far when you leave him by himself.

It is at this point almost every Sunday morning that Stephanie comes rolling down stairs with the "Sunday Bag" filled with books, toys, snacks, diapers, wipes, and all of the other goodies. We fill the sippy cups and bottles and load up for church.

10:58 "What is that smell?"

Just as we are ready to pull out of the driveway we discover that one of the boys has dropped the usual 11:00 BOMB. Ian is the BOMB dropper. So we pull Ian out of the car change his diaper and load him up and head to church.

11:10 "Arrival at Church."
Church in itself is an entirely different experience which I will share at some other point.