weekend blues

weekends sure ain't what they used to be. trying to keep zoe on a schedule is challenging with hannah and dad around. we attempted to go to the annual holiday progressive our block has every year last night. even with Roni visiting from nyc enabling us to play 3 on 2 it was a disaster. zoe could not deal wiht all the commotion in the small space. she would calm down in the bedroom but as soon as we would bring her back to the main room she would start wailing. she has definitely not been in as many large social situations as hannah had by her age. jackie likes to point out that hannah was also 2 months old when the warriors were in the playoffs and got used to a slighttly louder evening environment.
anyway, roni takes zoe back to the house while jackie and i attempt to socialize and entertain/keep hannah from breaking things. we're too tired to talk to other folks and there are no kids hannah's age. we bail and instead of even trying to make it to the main course house we decide to make some pasta and stay in. just easier that way.
a bit later i take roni to the airport. when i get home jackie is feeding zoe. we're both wiped and decide to go to bed. sure enought, z wakes up at 1 wailing. i can't really blame her - if i can't figure out the schedule how can we expect her to? we're both kicking ourselves after an hour of wailing finally wakes up hannah too. we decide to pick over the train wreck in the hopes that we will all at least get some sleep - damn the schedule. jackie goes to feed z and i calm h down. z makes it until 8 - i think - and hannah until 6:30. supermom let's me sleep in until 8.
the bread is moldy so we decide to rally and go out to eat. we made it pretty much through a great breakfast whan h loses it and i have to take her outside.
on to the park. h is just having an off day. none of the kids she knows are there, jackie has to feed the little one, it's chilly and grey. after an hour of blase park time we bail and i make the critical error of not wrapping z up in the miracle blanket prior to putting her in the bucket. both nuggets fall asleep after 7 minutes of scenic drive. i successfully transport h to her crib. we move the bucket up to z's room but after 10 min she is wailing since she is not wrapped up. roni has been soothing her to sleep over the past 2 days so off i go to schlep her around the house. i finally get her back down (15 min seems like an hour) and the 3 are asleep.
now z is starting to cry again and i don't think she will soothe herself back to sleep.
it's still grey, we're still tired, we have no tree.
weekends sure ain't what they used to be.