The Five Step Program Until Keith's Return from California

Step One (Day One) Plan playdate at home.
Lindsay brought the kids over for the morning for some hot tea, cookies and killing time until lunch. Lunch, naptime, playtime, dinner, bed. Day successfully completed.

Step Two (Day Two) Plan playdate outside of home.
J went to school, met Shannon and Erin for playdate at McDonalds. Brought Meltdown L home for nap, J came home from school. Playtime, dinnertime, bed. Day successfully completed.

Step Three (Day Three) Plan fun activity outside of home.
Was invited to a Soup Party that would fill time after naps and until bedtime. J got a cold and had to cancel attendance of party. Spent the entire day at home and went to Plan B. Planned art projects for kids and made smoothies. Day started to slide down hill after naps and obscene amount of Dora was instituted. Dinnertime, bathtime, bed. Day successfully completed, minus mom snapping at boy for throwing water out of tub and boy melting down.

Step Four (Day Four - TODAY!) Plan trip to Target to kill time.
Morning trip cancelled due to children fighting, crying, whining and mom's laziness in getting said children ready. New Plan...Plan C

Children are placed in front of Cars for a bit.

Step Five (Day Five - Tomorrow) Children go to school.
Children spend day at school. Mother spends day recuperating and getting the house into shape. Plans to leave as soon as father pulls into driveway for a night out in Chicago with good friend visiting.