My birthday was last week. It wasn't a big one, but it was the one before the big one. Ugh. I don't feel that old, but I'm getting old nonetheless.
Anyway, the morning of my birthday we woke up to the sound of Amanda screaming for us at around 6:30 a.m. Charlie plucked her out of her crib and brought her into bed with us, hoping she would go back to sleep. Unfortunately this time it didn't work. Andy came into the room around 6:45 a.m. and asked, "Do you want me to take her?" Um, yeah, you don't have to ask that one twice!
It turns out Andy took Amanda and Sarah downstairs and got breakfast for all three of them. Awesome. I think I'll keep him around for a little while longer, he's finally pulling his weight.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Winding Down
Last week was Sarah's last week of nature school. She finished soccer too. Wednesday is her last swim class, and her last art class is next week. Andy's last football game is Saturday. In the past I would have been bothered by the fact that everything was ending, that we wouldn't have anything to do anymore. Not this time. No, this time I'm relieved.
For the past nine months we've been over scheduled. A different activity for at least one of the kids everyday, sometimes more. No time for play dates, no time to relax or run errands or go to the park or play in the yard. Going, going, going. In some ways it's good, because we're busy. But now that I have to get three kids out the door with snacks and drinks and the right clothes and shoes, it's just stressful. We're never on time for anything, which drives me absolutely batty, and I'm always yelling at them to hurry up because we're going to be late.
So now I'm just going to enjoy all our free time. I had both girls with me today and we didn't go anywhere until we had to pick up Andy from school. They girls played so wonderfully together, I got to do laundry, actually put it away on the same day I did it, make some phone calls, catch up on emails, clean the kitchen, all sorts of things I probably wouldn't have had time to do otherwise. I didn't have to wake Amanda up from her nap to go get one of the kids, of course Sarah woke her up before she was ready anyway, it was a stress-free day. That means no yelling from me and very little whining and crying from them. No talking back and no bad behavior.
I could get used to this. Of course, check back with me in July and we'll see if I'm still happy to spend so much time with the kids.
For the past nine months we've been over scheduled. A different activity for at least one of the kids everyday, sometimes more. No time for play dates, no time to relax or run errands or go to the park or play in the yard. Going, going, going. In some ways it's good, because we're busy. But now that I have to get three kids out the door with snacks and drinks and the right clothes and shoes, it's just stressful. We're never on time for anything, which drives me absolutely batty, and I'm always yelling at them to hurry up because we're going to be late.
So now I'm just going to enjoy all our free time. I had both girls with me today and we didn't go anywhere until we had to pick up Andy from school. They girls played so wonderfully together, I got to do laundry, actually put it away on the same day I did it, make some phone calls, catch up on emails, clean the kitchen, all sorts of things I probably wouldn't have had time to do otherwise. I didn't have to wake Amanda up from her nap to go get one of the kids, of course Sarah woke her up before she was ready anyway, it was a stress-free day. That means no yelling from me and very little whining and crying from them. No talking back and no bad behavior.
I could get used to this. Of course, check back with me in July and we'll see if I'm still happy to spend so much time with the kids.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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