55 hours a week

55 hours a week.  That is amount of time I have by myself with the boys each week while Marty is at work.  Not the average amount of time... probably more like the minimum.  No wonder I have a hard time coming up with things to do!?!  That is a lot of hours!

11 hours a day.  Generally Elijah is in preschool 3 hours a day, but this week he is off.   So, a full 11 hours.  We do have 1 hour a day of TV time which I try to plan to do during Gavin's naps.   Yay!  That leaves 10 hours.  

10 hours.  1 mom.  2 kids.

There are days that go by SOOOO fast and are tons of fun.  Then there are the days that seem to drag on forever with lots of whining (sometimes more by me.... sometimes more by the kids).  :)

All that to say, my conversations are primarily with a 4 year old throughout the day.  Not quite the same as conversing with an adult, but I do laugh A LOT.  Here are some of my favorites from the past couple days.

#1: Story preface: We don't use the word supper in our family, so I'm pretty sure he is referring to the Bible story.  Elijah LOVES building guns and shooting things and I just go with it.
Elijah:  Mommy, did you know Jesus said shooting was okay?
Me: Huh.  Didn't know that.
Elijah: Yah, that one night when those one guys were at supper with him, they asked him and said some prayers or something and Jesus just said that shooting guys was okay.  As long as they are the bad guys.

#2:  When I grow up I don't want to be a stay-at-home-dad.  I want to work.  I am a good at working.

#3: Stinkin' shoot.  (Elijah's new favorite thing to say when things don't go the way they are planned).

Roughly 5 hours left in our day 'til Marty gets home.  I see some snow-playing in our future.  Likely some hot chocolate drinking.  And definitely some laundry folding.  In between snacks, diaper changes, and dinner making.... that take us 5 hours.