Day 1274. Last night it was 3:30 am before I made it to bed. This morning I looked at my clock, when Emmy got up. It was only 6:40. You can imagine how very tired I was. Soon his siblings were up as well. Around 9 am Randy got up to change their diapers and make his oatmeal for them. He then sat down with them at the table, while I was able to get a little more sleep. After they were done I got up to dress them, then Randy went downstairs with them, while I was getting ready for my 10 am student.
I was really tired, but my lesson went well. It ended just before 11 am, and before I knew it it was already 11:15 and time to go to the kitchen to cook.
While I was cooking, Randy and the kids came upstairs, and they got my phone and their tablet to watch and play. It was about 12:10 before we sat down to eat. They ate more or less well and had ice-cream, then returned to their devices. At 1:15 pm I put them to bed for their nap. Randy had already left for the grocery store, and so I sat down by them. Thankfully they all fell asleep quickly, so that I could leave pretty early. I was already falling asleep myself and lay down in bed for a nap of my own. Just minutes after I had started drifting off, Emmy suddenly started crying out loudly. I called out to him to come to me, and he finally did. He lay down next to me. However, he had already woken up Sammy who hadn't even slept for an hour. That was pretty unfortunate given how tired I was. I had no choice but to get up and get Sammy out of bed, and Randy wasn't even back yet. I put Sammy on the floor to roam around freely; after all there are plenty of toys on the floor. I was surprised and glad that Emmy fell back asleep next to me, while I had no such luck. I was just listening to Sammy, and was glad, when Randy returned. Sammy was excited and crawled to the kitchen to help Daddy unload the groceries.
I lay in bed with Emmy for some more time. Then Tammy came, but she wouldn't lie down next to me. She wanted to look at pictures, so I put on a slideshow of pictures of them, then videos of them. Randy then threw Sammy into my arms, as he kept him from unloading, so Sammy was also watching the videos of them. I finally got up to encourage them to go downstairs, and then Emmy was up as well. It was already after 3 pm, and I had a student at 4 pm. It took a while before they got going. I then sat down to do some work before my class.
I wasn't even done yet with my student, when Randy came upstairs with the kids. Emmy walked into the room, but left again pretty soon. After I was done teaching, I put appropriate clothes on them for their exercise class. We got them ready for the class and left the house early before 5:15 pm. It was extremely windy, as we walked to the train that left at 5:30 pm. We had plenty of time and had to wait for it for a few minutes. Once we got off the train, we bought some chestnuts and then started walking in the direction of the school.
I rang the doorbell, and we walked into the building. We left the stroller by the entrance and then walked downstairs to the basement, where the gyms were. We were the first ones in the locker room. I took their coats and shoes off, and then people were already arriving, incuding the teacher. We walked inside the gym, where Tammy and Emmy ran straight to the wall to climb up the ladder. Then the teacher started the class. And in our second class today he did exactly the same stuff he did last week.
The kids put a hoop around their waist, then we did a race to the other end of the gym and back. I had both Tammy and Emmy. Emmy then fell, and Randy ran with him while holding Sammy in his other arm. Then they had to lie down on the ground and hold the hoop, while we pulled them across the room and back. Sammy really enjoyed that, but they really all did.
The teacher then got balls out, and they were supposed to throw and catch them. I was doing it with Tammy most of the time, though Emmy also came by for a little bit. He enjoyed it more, when their goal was to throw the ball at me and hit me. How much fun! I had no chance against them.
While we were playing ball, he was setting everything up. As soon as it was up, Tammy excitedly ran to it, walked up the bench and then climbed on top to jump down. Emmy got on it as well, but he was as fearful as the very first time he had gotten on it. He wanted my hand to get up, and then it looked like he was not gonna jump because of the height, but he did. Emmy is just really scared of heights. They really enjoyed the trampolin he set up, but they were eager to have the rings. Sammy had been asking for the rings before we even got to class. Tammy told the teacher, and he got them out. She was then the first one on them, swinging while sitting in the rings. The boys also lined up for their turn, and Emmy got on second, then Sammy. Sammy was so excited that he cried hard, when I got him off. The teacher came and tried to comfort him by telling him that he could get on again next week. The teacher was already putting stuff up, while Tammy was still swinging or waiting for her turn to swing. Then I suddenly saw Emmy on the car the teacher was pulling to the storage room and added Sammy to the mix, which finally brought a smile back to his face. He had been rather cranky throughout the class. Tammy saw them, and then helped the teacher carry a mat to the storage room.
And then the class was already over, and we went back to the locker room to put our shoes and coats back on. We walked back to the entrance, put Sammy into the stroller, and left to walk back to the train station.
We had over 10 minutes to wait for our train and stayed inside. I rolled Sammy to the ticket machine, so he could play with the touch screen, and got their sandwiches out. Only Emmy and Sammy wanted them; Tammy ate apple instead. Once on the train, I let them watch videos, and they continued, when we got home at 6:30 pm. I just quickly cut up some fruit for them to eat in the bathtub that they went in right away, and everyone ate everything tonight. Then we got them ready for bed, I read two Bible stories to them, prayed for them and put them to bed. It was already approaching 8:30 pm. I sat down by them, as Randy hadn't made his food yet, and they seemed to fall asleep quickly, which turned out not to be the case. Rand then came to sit with them, while I made myself something to eat. After I had eaten, I stared working on the pictures. Now it's 1:30, and I'm unable to keep my eyes open. At least I've finished cleaning up the kitchen.
