I know like, many of you have more than three kids and what-not, but daaaang. I’ve never had three before. And today my husband went back to work and my big kids are still on Christmas Break from school and it was a little crazy. I had a good friend from out-of-town coming over at 11-ish, and it was all I could do to have the kids and myself all dressed and with clean teeth! Fortunately, my mom came over later to help, but we were both still hopping much of the day. She helped keep us going in the dishes and laundry department (I’m not really supposed to be doing stairs right now, much less carrying laundry up and down the stairs and our laundry is in the basement,) (also, my mom luurves our Frigidaire washer and dryer, BTW!) and we both played with the big kids, I nursed the baby, we shared diaper duty, and *shew* it was just A LOT. I let my kids play far more Wii than they usually do (although most of it was Nickelodeon Wii Fit which TOTALLY ROCKS so at least they were getting exercise, right!?) and just tried to relax and not stress.
I am really looking forward to the big kids going back to school. Because although to be honest, they have both been GREAT on break, it is HARD to keep them entertained all day in a way that is not a total drain on their brains. And, they both love school and their routines. And I need to figure out how baby Jonah fits into those routines! How am I going to get a baby and Sophie out the door in time to get Sophie to preschool 4 days a week? Do I carry the car seat with me when I walk her in or get him out and put him in the sling? I guess there is going to be a lot of trial and error involved.
We’ll figure it out. I just hope I can feel recovered and kind of figure things out before it’s “GO” time.
