I love the stereotypical bon-bon eating, soap opera watching, image of a home maker. I really do. Mainly because as any stay at home parent could tell you, we NEVER SIT. When you’re a homeschooling parent of multiple children…. well, you never sit times infinity. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a good life. But it’s also a constantly moving, juggling, helping, holding, dancing, playing, getting, putting, doing, showing life.
This past week has been a particularly tiring one. Starting on Monday with illness and Halloween. Tuesday brought the first day of NaNoWriMo (illness be damned) Wednesday was an entire day spent at the AZ State Fair, followed by a visit to my sister in the hospital (who is home now, yeah!) and a late night dinner. Yesterday was the girl’s last day of gymnastics for this session, and a way-longer-than-it-should-have-been grocery shopping trip with all four kids. Today was a fall party with the homeschool group, and a whole heckuva lot of driving.
At four o’clock, exhausted, I tried to sit. Only the youngest two were home.
“Mommy, can you get me some orange juice?” Sure, honey. I got up.
“Mommy!!” That one came from the bathroom, which only means one thing. I got up again.
“Mommy, I need some more paper.” I can’t be responsible for inhibiting creativity. I got up again.
“Mommy, can you sign me into this website?” At seven, Everett still needs help on the computer sometimes. I got up again.
“Mommy, you HAVE to come see this.” Really, I have to? I got up again.
“Mommy, come here, I have to give you something.” What is it?
“I drew you a picture!”
How can you say “no” to that? You can’t. So I got up again, happily.
By then, Mike was getting home, and it was time for dinner, and the evening was wearing on… and I never really did get a chance to sit. And you know, it was worth it.
It’s always worth it.
I hear you! Mom, come here! I can’t count how many times a day I hear that. Not that I can’t count that high, it’s just a lot 🙂
So true….. being partially disabled with severe back trouble, not getting to sit can be a real problem – but it’s still worth it. Pictures like the one above are soooooooo worth it. 🙂
One of the great things about having a baby who seems to eat without ceasing… I am forced to take plenty of time to sit throughout the day.
I hear you Mama – I think the only time I sit is to nurse or eat…sometimes. All the movement keeps us fit though hey!
I set up a google doc for the kids with their favourite websites, login names, and passwords. They can copy and paste to the site they want to log in to.
Great idea! My system is to write them on random slips of paper as needed…. which then of course get lost all over the house. It’s not working out too well. 😉