Apologies and Afterthoughts

First of all, I guess I need to make an apology and set the record straight.  Ashley read my blog, and feels I've made her out to be some sort of spoiled brat, pampered housewife; she even mentioned something about bonbons; I think she was only partially kidding.  I apologize to Ashley, and to everyone else that felt it came across that way.  That certainly wasn't how I meant things, and it certainly isn't the case.  Ashley does more for me, for our kids, and for our family as a whole, than I could ever hope to do.  Ashley is amazing, and even when she's sick and/or tired, she takes care of me with all my ailments, she does AT LEAST half the work of taking care of the kids.  She even takes the graveyard shift with them!  Anywho, I just wanted to make sure that everyone knows that Ashley is not spoiled, pampered, living a cushy lifestyle, or anything similar.  I'll quit gushing about her for a moment, lest anyone get the idea that she in any way encouraged, threatened, provoked, or otherwise pushed, me into making this apology.

Today has been a relatively okay day for all of us I think.  Apparently the morning started out a little rough, as Tyler woke up very early and started yelling at the top of his lungs for Ashley.  Thankfully, I slept through that.  Shortly after getting up, I'm told he got sick all over himself and his bedroom floor, so Ashley had to put him in the shower and clean up the mess.  I don't envy her her shifts with the kids, as it seems a lot of really unpleasant things happen on her shift; though there's certainly no shortage of incidents on my shift.  Ashley usually helps out quite a bit with the kids during the day (my shift) though too. 

Let's see, in addition to taking general care of the kids today, I did some laundry, picked up the house a bit, did some sweeping, and......yeah I guess that's about it.  It certainly seems like a lot more when you're in the thick of it though; especially since Chris and Ryan still take naps during the day, and their rooms are downstairs so there's a lot of stair mastering intrinsic to their care.

In closing tonight, I have a question.  Is anyone else weirded out when they go to change a kid's diaper, and colorwise it looks like the kid's been eating a Christmas tree, a pound of glitter, or some other colorful item that they shouldn't have?