I Love My Kids…
…but gosh they make me crazy!!!
I know, I know. I am sure I am going to promptly offend someone out there. But here, this Crystal & Co. place, it is my space where I scurry to find my voice and share my vision and my stories. The meltdowns, the tantrums and the process of uncovering tiny slivers of myself along the way.
I have the gig I dreamt of.
Being here. Home.
Being available. For every last phone call. Mom, I forgot to tell you I have to stay after school for fill in the blank.
The mornings and afternoons of running the forgotten homework to school because a certain someone forgot it on the kitchen table.
Or left his backpack in the car.
Darting to school before noon to drop off the lunch we just did not have time to make that morning.
Praying like hell they are really brushing their teeth in there ’cause I sure do hear a lot of goofing off going on.
Having a schedule based around the needs of five little people.
Seeing first steps.
Holding them through the night as new teeth come in with no worries about a work schedule for tomorrow.
Kissing them just because.
Then there is the unexpected doctors appointment where we somehow manage to rearrange an entire day to make it happen.
The last minute poster board that someone forgot to mention for the last three weeks that is needed for the project he has possibly waited until the very last minute to even crack a book at (or even mention for that matter).
And it is 9:00 at night.
The not so great progress reports and report card grades.
The behavior card marks at school.
The learning differences and struggles.
Feeling like you might as well just do his homework for him…. for crying out loud does it really take three hours to do one worksheet?! And what did you do at school today? Were you awake at all?
The dinner that is waiting in the crockpot but we just can not get to it because the table is covered in all the after school mayhem and chaos.
The frustrations.
The attitudes.
The craziness that comes out because mommy has had enough!
The tears.
All of this and I did not even get one load of laundry done today.
So, today I give you this bumper sticker… I Love My Kids.
But we’re gonna take a Sharpie to it …
…’cause gosh they make me crazy!
Oh so easy to relate to… Cute! You are lucky to stay at home. I just went back to teaching full-time. I was job-sharing for the last 9 years. I miss the easier schedule, but we are all adjusting just fine 🙂
I worked outside the home while my boys were growing up. It was better for all of us.
So I really admire women that stay home. It's a hard job!