Productive night

Today I emailed a friend with a list of all the things I should be working on tonight- it was extensive. So I thought I'd reflect on what things were actually accomplished at our house tonight.

1. Leave work on time. Collect children from daycare.
2. Explain to Bella (again) that no, those people in the country did not decapitate their goat, it is in fact, a plastic deer used for target practice which happens to have the head lying on the ground.
3. Take the wrong route home and be informed of this by Bella. Apparently touring storm damage clean up efforts is against the rules.
4. Pull into the driveway, but not the garage as it is now our temporary shed (see post below). Pull up too far so that I cannot lower the garage door without ripping off my bumper. Choose to leave the door open, regardless of rain.
5. Use fruit snacks to lure Zach past his stroller into the house without a temper tantrum.
6. Sit on couch with eyes closed while children destroy living room.
7. Make children gourmet dinner of hot dogs (no buns) with grapes and lemonade. Basically if they pointed at something in the frig, they ate it for supper.
8. Put away 5 baskets of laundry.
9. Clean Bella and Zach's room, sort of. At least you can walk without getting a Polly Pocket or other random toy imbedded into your foot.
10. Wash dishes. Restrain 2 year old to highchair during this activity.
11. Drive Bella to Vacation Bible School. It is one block from our house, but it was pouring, so we drove.
12. Return home, park in the correct spot so I can close garage door.
13. Pretend I don't know what Zach is pointing at in the garage (stroller) and pick up random object (empty pill box) to distract him once inside.
14. Watch today's Young and the Restless on Soapnet. Turn volume to 24 (typically it's at 9 or 10) so that I can hear it over Zach's screech, I mean, singing.
15. Get hit with a Maglite, twice.
16. Hide Maglite.
17. Change diaper. Give to two year old to throw in garbage, as this is usually a fun job. However, tonight, he reopens the diaper, nearly resulting in disaster. I may have actually accomplished flying at this point averting said disaster.
18. Make supper for adults and Christian.
19. Attempt to practice the parts of the face with Zach. He realizes that his finger fits into his nose. Cancel anatomy lesson for crash course in not picking your nose.
20. Zach goes to bed.
21. Bella arrives home, pleads to stay up later, pretends to be asleep on my lap, but then actually passes out within 30 seconds.
22. Wake up zombie Nick and go to Huxley to clean the clinic.
23. Return home, redress Nick's sutures.
24. Post on blogspot.

Now, according to this I accomplished 24 things tonight. Yet only checked one thing off my to do list. That, is a picture of true productivity.