How Did I Survive Thursday's Panic Attack?

(Camera Critters are in this post...scroll down because they are worth seeing! :)

Obviously, I am here to write this post so I survived Thursday's Panic Attack. How did I do it? Let me tell you....

Thursday:

Cheer Elijah on to a 45-23 victory over Ryan: Check

Friday:

Take babies to sitters: Check

Wash 10 loads of laundry, dry, fold and put away: Check

Do half the mound of dishes: Check

Clean a disaster of a house: Check

Pick up Nick and Elijah and shop for shoes: Check

Drive around for an hour on icy roads to five different schools looking for an 8:00pm soccer practice that happened on Tuesday: Check

Get babies from sitters: Check

Help with homework and put kids to bed: Check

Edit 1405 (not kidding) Redskin football photos from this summer: Check

Burn 30 photo CD's: Check

Edit 30 more photos into CD labels, print and adhere to CD's: Check

Go to bed at 3:20am: Check


Saturday:

Up at 8:00am: Check

Out the door with Nick and Wee People by 9:20am: Check

See moose on the way to soccer, stop and take photos risking being late for the game: Check

Hello Mama Moose!

Hey, Mom, wait for me!
Hang on, I'm coming, too!
Whew! Made it safely!

Cheered for Nick while entertaining the Wee People: Check

Dropped off Nick and picked up Elijah to watch him receive his football award with four other football teams equaling over 100 people in a crowded way-to-hot room where I had to sit on the floor because we were late and kids walked on me: Check

Found Elijah and Tyler a ride to bowling party: Check

Shopped for last minute birthday stuff: Check

Drove home and picked up Cody to go to a Wrestling Booster Club meeting: Check

Got a phone call that bowling was cancelled due to power outage so I need to pick up Elijah and Tyler: Check

(Mr. White came home early and finished dishes, cleaned the bathroom, built a fire and set up a table while I was gone).

Got home to do the birthday party while Mr. White went to watch Cody's wrestling meet: Check

(Cody pinned his man!)

Roast hot dogs and marshmallows: Check

Do one of my favorite things....sit by the campfire: Check

Color wooden dolls: Check

Decorate birthday cakes: Check

Sing to sweet Emily: Check



Open presents: Check

Survive Elijah's four friends over for a movie: Check

Watch the girls sing and dance: Check

Have our friend Mike show up with really cool fireworks: Check

Put Wee People to bed: Check

Drive Elijah's friends home (except for Tyler): Check

Check the mail at the Post Office: Check

Finally get Tyler, Elijah, Emily, Brooklyn, Kiara, Nick, Cody and Mr. White to join the sleeping Wee People by 11:30pm: Check

Sit down at the computer with crossed and tired eyes: Check

Give up and go to bed at midnight: Check