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I do a little drawing in the morning and organize the final pictures for the story I am finishing up.  I'm doing a story about at lonely dolphin looking for some friends to play with.  I am on, really, the last two pages of the story.  I check my emails, send word about the progress and make my lists for the day.

Jumping up to stretch a few times from working.  I run around and make sure the house isn’t completely destroyed by the kids.  My toddler is running around naked, like a feral boy. (for potty training).  The older boys are finally, getting dressed for the day at 9am. My middle child has already started a round of Lego Star Wars on the game cube.

I have to straighten the house from the night before and clear the table from kid toys and cereal snacks. Wash a few dishes to keep up and make pancakes for everyone.

My toddler refuses to wear clothes now.  He struggles and kicks. I wrestle some clothes on him.  I'm a little, okay, a lot...frazzled because getting him dressed is a fight.  My twelve year old helps with my middle child to get his pants and shoes on.  As I have the second child clear the table and put away breakfast.

I have to run to the pharmacy for a prescription and a few things for the household . My second son is undergoing treatment for a chronic constipation. He has to get regular again. All four of the children have to go with me if my trip is going to be longer than an hour. One, my eldest helps with the two younger toddlers and two,  my second child isn’t old enough to stay at home alone yet.

I am not looking forward to hauling all four boys in the heat, just to go to the pharmacy. OOoo, Mom that's fun.

I call my husband to let him know where we are going and I already sound exhausted. He said, I’ll pick up the pharmacy things if you text me a list.  You guys just go and do something fun. 

  We drove over to the new do-it-yourself frozen yogurt shop, Lickity Split.  It’s a cute little shop, on Madison Ave., up the street from our house.  It has lots of bar stools and one small table. Along the wall in the back are three soft serve yogurt dispensers with different flavors. Then, the next wall has clear bins full of every type of topping.   All different kinds of candy, granola and dried cranberries.  Its charged by the ounce. You can also make your very own split with their bar of syrups and chocolates.  Its really fun!   Very delicious, cool treat.

We decided to check out the “local putt-putt“.   Even though it’s a hundred degrees outside. The Sunrise fun center.   Lots of bumper boats, race cars, batting cages, and a mini golf course.   I know its been there for years but, I've never been there. 

My oldest buddied up with the middle child. My second son buddied up with me and my toddler, who has never played before.  He was so cute putting the ball everywhere, getting distracted and running around the golf center playing on all the mini golf displays.

There weren’t very many people there so I didn‘t have to chase him deterring him from other peoples games. There was just another couple with a young boy and a few teens playing sploosh ball.

The boys had a lot of fun.  We started turning beet red from the heat and tried to cool of in the little pond displays they have situated throughout the course. It was funny...I was dousing my toddler with water all over his head and shoulders.

The kids were getting too over-heated so we cut it short, did the 19^th hole where you win an extra game.  We were melting from the heat.  I got some water in my littlest from the water fountain.  Then, we drove straight home and he fell right asleep on the comfy chair.  I took a nap too.  

I felt so accomplished getting all the boys out and playing.  They got a bunch of white roses for me for a "Good Mommy Prize".    :)