I'm working on writing a book with all of my experiences as a mother of three boys. It occurred to me that I need to explain a typical day of my life at this point in time.
Right now a regular day without any medical appointments looks like this:
7:30am Boys and I wake up (Patrick is already at work)
8:30am Boys to daycare, Rebecca to work at church
9am Rebecca works
2:30pm Leave work to pick boys up from preschool
2:50 pick up from preschool
4pm on some days teach lessons
5:45 Boys have soccer, swim lessons, piano lessons, etc
8:30 done teaching if it's a teaching night
9pm Boys bedtime (hopefully got a bath in)
10pm try to workout/watch dvr'd tv shows
12pm bedtime!
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Saturday, August 7, 2010
I am consistently let down by people I depend on
Being a mother is hard work. There is the never ending laundry, constant cleaning, diapers, buying groceries, trying to plan balanced food for three children, remembering doctor, dentist, eye doctor, soccer, piano, baseball, camps and preschool. Just a reminder all 3 kids are 5 and under.
I don't understand how people without kids or grown kids can constantly let me down. How can people just decide the evening before or the day of that they can't fulfill what they promised. No one owes me anything, but shouldn't people follow through with their commitments?
Before I had kids I was working fulltime during the day, teaching lessons three evenings a week and taking classes two evenings a week. On top of that I met my husband and found time to get pregnant. I kept that schedule even when I was pregnant and first had Luke.
This past year my husband was in his senior year of college taking 18 credits. I taught 2 nights a week, worked 40 hours at church and took care of 3 kids. How can I handle that and yet people with not even half of those commitments have issues making it to a meeting on time?
AAAAHHHHH!!!!
I don't understand how people without kids or grown kids can constantly let me down. How can people just decide the evening before or the day of that they can't fulfill what they promised. No one owes me anything, but shouldn't people follow through with their commitments?
Before I had kids I was working fulltime during the day, teaching lessons three evenings a week and taking classes two evenings a week. On top of that I met my husband and found time to get pregnant. I kept that schedule even when I was pregnant and first had Luke.
This past year my husband was in his senior year of college taking 18 credits. I taught 2 nights a week, worked 40 hours at church and took care of 3 kids. How can I handle that and yet people with not even half of those commitments have issues making it to a meeting on time?
AAAAHHHHH!!!!
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Every child is different especially when they come from the same parents.
All three of my children are completely different. I understand they're very young yet, but the differences are amazing.
Luke was a horribly baby. He had colic, had a milk intolerance, slept with us in bed and still cries. He is an amazing musician and athlete for his age. Luke doesn't care who his friends are as long as he has friends. Even though Luke is not a leader, he will be the first one picked for teams because he's good at everything he tries. Luke was scoring goals at soccer his first season at age 3 and was called the ringer on his team the second season. He has no fear and is always heard.
Daniel was a quiet baby for the most part. Although we had experience with a difficult baby, he still didn't have colic or a milk intolerance. Daniel was tested for speech delay just because he was quiet. You can tell he's smart but he is afraid to do anything in public unless he has it mastered. He loves soccer, baseball and sports but once he gets to games he refuses to play. He will not be a musician if he keeps this up. I have a feeling Daniel will be quiet and be the crush of every girl in his class as he gets older.
Mark was a very happy baby. We seriously had no problems getting him to sleep. He would wake up to eat and go right back to sleep at night. Mark is always smiling. He is always heard. I can see Mark will be a leader and have something special about him. He has a twinkle in his eye that makes you love him before you even get to know him. He's the child that is cute even when he's being naughty.
It's amazing how much different these boys are despite being 18 months apart. They all look different. Luke has glasses, is tall and has curly hair. Daniel has straight hair and has a solid build. He'll be tall but not as tall as his brothers. Mark has lighter skin and curly hair. I think he'll be the tallest of the boys, although his father disagrees.
I'm in love with all of them because of their differences. I truly believe God made them different so parents can't have favorites. All three are my favorite.
Luke was a horribly baby. He had colic, had a milk intolerance, slept with us in bed and still cries. He is an amazing musician and athlete for his age. Luke doesn't care who his friends are as long as he has friends. Even though Luke is not a leader, he will be the first one picked for teams because he's good at everything he tries. Luke was scoring goals at soccer his first season at age 3 and was called the ringer on his team the second season. He has no fear and is always heard.
Daniel was a quiet baby for the most part. Although we had experience with a difficult baby, he still didn't have colic or a milk intolerance. Daniel was tested for speech delay just because he was quiet. You can tell he's smart but he is afraid to do anything in public unless he has it mastered. He loves soccer, baseball and sports but once he gets to games he refuses to play. He will not be a musician if he keeps this up. I have a feeling Daniel will be quiet and be the crush of every girl in his class as he gets older.
Mark was a very happy baby. We seriously had no problems getting him to sleep. He would wake up to eat and go right back to sleep at night. Mark is always smiling. He is always heard. I can see Mark will be a leader and have something special about him. He has a twinkle in his eye that makes you love him before you even get to know him. He's the child that is cute even when he's being naughty.
It's amazing how much different these boys are despite being 18 months apart. They all look different. Luke has glasses, is tall and has curly hair. Daniel has straight hair and has a solid build. He'll be tall but not as tall as his brothers. Mark has lighter skin and curly hair. I think he'll be the tallest of the boys, although his father disagrees.
I'm in love with all of them because of their differences. I truly believe God made them different so parents can't have favorites. All three are my favorite.
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Sweet Dreams
This evening the boys decided they would sleep in the other bedroom with one twin bed together. Luke and Mark would sleep in the bed and Daniel would sleep on a pile of blankets on the floor.
When I kissed the boys goodnight Daniel said he had room in his bed for me. Sweet little guy wanted to share his bed with me!
When I kissed the boys goodnight Daniel said he had room in his bed for me. Sweet little guy wanted to share his bed with me!
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