A day in the life of a Crazed mother...

Yesterday went like this:
5:50 up wth Niki, give a bottle, change diaper and turn on Sesame street (try to sleep on the couch while holding him)
6:30 Günter leaves--Niki throws a fit because he wants to play with Papa
6:45 feed Niklas cereal for breakfast--he threw the bowl and spoon down on the floor when it was nearly empty.
6:58 Clean up the mess
7:14 Jenna up, give her a bottle, change diaper. She screams if I want to get her out of her sleeping sack, try to distract her with tv.
7:45 get Jenna in her highchair and give her cereal
7:50 get dressed, drag brush through hair (no shower) and put on eye liners. Check to see I have my bra on and matching socks.
8:05 Pack diaper bag and Jenna's bag for preschool
8:15 get Jenna out of hair chair and wash her in sink, clean up tray and rinse bowls, drink my tea.
8:20 Niki comes up to me and hands me his duck. It is soaking wet. I quickly go to the bathroom and realize I had closed the door, but not locked it. He gave it a dunking. I took it and removed all his clothes and put it all in the washer.
8:25 Got him dressed--again.
8:30 Put shoes and coats on kids and sling the diaper bag and Jenna's bag over shoulder while they run out the door to the car. It is raining.
8:36 Fight Niki to get him in his car seat since he wants to sit in the drivers seat and turn the steering wheel. Get Jenna in her seat.
8:40-8:59 drive to preschool.
9:00 walk Jenna in and get her settled.
9:10 Leave with Niki. Fight to get him in car seat. Again.
9:14 Drive to Landstuhl base to explore what I can do during these hours Jenna is in preschool. Drive around to the library (ask someone how to find it). Find out it opens at 10 am.
9:20 drive to the base thrift store. It opens at 9:30. Wait in the car with Niki. Finally let him come sit in the front seat with me. It is still down pouring.
9:30 take him into the store. Go through rooms trying to keep him from touching things he shouldn't.
9:57 leave and drive to library.
10-10:30 go to children's room and explore with Niki. Show him books. He runs around like a banshee (luckily there are no other children in there). Show him puzzels etc. Give him a little snack. Restrain him on my lap so I can be a good mother and read him a book! He screams and fights to get off. He runs out the room and goes to the computers. Let him sit at the children's computer until he pushes buttons and it crashes. Wisk him away.
10:30 put him in his car seat. Again. He throws a royal fit.
10:40 drive to store in town. It is still down pouring. Niki falls asleep. (I will be honest here, but hope no one wants to turn me in to CPS or judge me too harshly). I lpark in a space that is more remote, say a thankful prayer we have tinted windows and leave him in the car seat--alseep and lock the car and quickly go grocery shopping. It is so much easier!!!
11:10Load grocery. Relieved to find him still alseep.
11:17 Get gas. He still sleeps.
11:40 drive to swimming pool to see what hours they have in case I want to try that in the future. They are open from 9-7 pm. Yeah.
12:00 drive to get Jenna, let Niki eat snacks and drink juice in car. Get there early.
12:25 go in with Niki. Find Jenna playing in bean box. She is pretty dirty (probably they didn't put a bib on her when she ate). The teacher told me she didn't cry today. She took her to another group for singing. Jenna was a little shy but liked it. She said next Thursday she will take Jenna swimming in the special pool they have. (She will love that).
12:35 Get Jenna's shoes and coat and bag. Go out to the car. Put Niki in his car seat with a lot of screaming and fighting. Again. It is still raining.
12:40 Get Jenna in a car seat. She signs for a bottle. I looked in the bag and discover the teacher didn't put it back. I have the choice of gettting the kids both out of the car seat and go back in. I decide to leave without it.
12:41-1:00 Jenna is hysterical the whole way home. Stop to give her a cup of juice. She only wants a bottle. Try a box of juice (I have to squeeze it into her mouth since she can't suck). She doesn't want it. Try food, she throws that. Turn up the CD and drive like a maniac home.
1:05 get her in the house (leave Niki in the front seat of the car to "drive") and make a bottle of milk. About pee my pants. Give her the bottle and run to the bathroom. Drag Niki out of the car screaming. Change diapers of Jenna and put her to bed for a nap. Throw the clothes in the dryer so the duck can dry before Niki cries for it.
1:20-1:40 Niki drives on his little car like a crazy man.
1:41 Change Niki's diaper. While changing him, he pees all over. Change his clothes. Again.
2:00 put him down for a nap (with dry duck). Lay down myself (I am still sick).
2:30 phone rings, someone wanting Günter's work phone number. Try to go back to sleep.
4:00 Niki wakes up. Get Jenna up too.
4:05 Feed kids a proper lunch/dinner.

The rest of the evening was normal. They stayed up a it later since their naps were later. Günter came home around 7:30 pm.

And does anyone wonder why I am on the edge of sanity?!