Dreams and Daydreams

I used to dream about running.  I was never very athletic.  I developed a want to run in my late 20's and before I could really run I would wake up in the morning and remember dreaming about running.  Then after I gave birth to my daughter 2 years ago the same thing happened.  It was like my mind was conditioning my body to run.  Now, having an 11 week old baby and a 2 year old, the only dreams I have are daydreams and they usually consist of sleeping!  That is the truth of motherhood! 

My little guy (11 weeks old) has a little congestion and there's nothing like listening to your child struggling to breathe to keep a mommy up all night.  He kept waking himself up and poor guy just didn't get much rest.  Of course my hubby, who tried to be helpful in hour 3 of my sleepless night, wakes up and says 'do you want me to rock him to sleep?' to which he received an emotional response he wasn't expecting, tried for 40 minutes and didn't make any progress.   Ultimately I ended up taking my son back.  In some ways I am grateful I have been given the gift of consoling my child and sometimes I wish he would accept consoling from his sweet Daddy.

So today I am making chili in the crock pot for our chilly night (supposed to be in the 50's).  And getting children's clothes ready for a local consignment sale that I have been procrastinating about!  And lastly, still working on Halloween costumes...my daughter will be a scarecrow and still working on the hat.  I can be crafty, but this is pushing me to my limits on level of difficulty!  Oh, and the side project still underway is a fall wreath for the front door.  Where will I find the time..who knows!  It might take me til the end of fall to finish all of this.  For someone who used to be a professional project manager and had several large clients that I serviced all at once I am challenged with just 2 children under my feet and in my arms to get anything done these days.  No pressure...yeah right!!

Update from yesterday:  I did end up making those chocolate peanut butter pretzel balls and they were to die for!!  I do have on my list to figure out a way to add caramel to it as that would just be heaven!  They were easy and my 2 year old got to help make and eat them!