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Mom wakes up at the crack of dawn (ok maybe not that early, but it sure does feel like it’s that early since I didn’t get much sleep through the night.) I try to go down the stairs as quiet as I can in hopes to not wake the younger boys that do not have school. I put the coffee on (unless my husband is home and he has already done so.) I then go back upstairs, wake the boys that have school (all the while telling them to shhhh so they don’t wake their little brothers who are still sound asleep in bed-hopefully.) Once downstairs I give each of the boys their outfits and I slip into the bathroom (hey, everyone must do this first thing in the morning, I’m just the unlucky one that has to wait until other tasks are done before I get to go.) Now I’m going to give you a real visual, brace yourselves…
As I just get situated on the toilet the bathroom door goes flying open (hitting me and really waking me up-I should be used to this by now) and in comes one of the boys, probably one of the boys that is still supposed to be sleeping, but not always. Today I hear, Come out with your hands up! (REALLY!?) I try to explain to my 3 year old (who should still be asleep) that I can’t put my hands up because I’m trying to wipe my butt! He says, “Just put one hand up, that will be fine.” WHAT!? NO, how about you take a few steps backwards, close the door and ask Daddy to turn cartoons on? By now the baby is awake and just as I was beginning to think I was going to get my cup of coffee in I find myself racing up the stairs to get him. Of course, when we get downstairs he wants to nurse (Yes, he’s still nursing. We are working on that.) So, I rush to get the boys their breakfast (unless Dad is home, then he will do this.) I sit on the sofa and nurse the baby hoping that he will go back to sleep so I can get the rest of my morning tasks done. Once he is back to sleep I finish helping the boys get ready, make sure everyone has coats, hats and backpacks before lining up for the bus and I start laundry. (Somewhere in the mix I do have some coffee. You didn’t think I could survive without it, did you?)
Now that the boys are in school I sit the little ones down for a cartoon (they are allowed so much tv time and really like watching tv in the mornings while they try to wake up-of course I’m hoping they fall back asleep while watching, but that very seldom happens.) I get the house straightened up and of course check my email from my phone as I’m doing all of this. I make the phone calls that I need to make for the day, make sure we don’t have any appointments that we have forgotten about and figure out what we will have for lunch. (Some days I’m just so tired and lazy that I take the boys to town and we eat fast food. Yes, I said it, I admit it…I feed my kids junk! At least I don’t do it every day, right?)
I am lucky if I have had a shower by lunch (I can’t leave the little two out by themselves because well they may do something that would require a hazmat team at my house or something and that just wouldn’t be good. If I’m lucky and I’m awake enough I will get a shower before my husband leaves for work, but that doesn’t always happen, especially when the youngest wakes before he leaves.)
Don’t get me wrong, my life is great and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Not only do I get to do things on my own time (I don’t have a boss telling me what to do or looking over my shoulder, unless of course you count my 3 year old who really likes to have things done his way). I also get the joy of seeing my boys grow up, take their first steps, talk, potty train (the not so fun things too, but I get to be here). While I think often times people think that my life is tough I really have to say that I am truly blessed. When I’m having a bad day I can always count on my boys to cheer me up. They are so innocent (yes there is innocence behind those ornery grins) and so loving and caring.
Now I was going to give you a full post about what a day in my life is like, but I only got to about lunch time and I’m tired, plus the kids are done with cartoons and the laundry and other chores are not going to get themselves done. You get the idea…
What is a day in YOUR life like?
We want to know.
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