There are some days when I don't know how I manage to get everything done....and there are some days that I don't. Last night was an especially busy day. We went to Strong Start in the morning and then I had to do a couple of errands and took both kids with me. At the first store, to mail letters, I get Nicholas out of the car, get him to hold on to the front of the car, while I get the stroller and Claire out. He waits, then I hand him the letters and we go inside. After he has mailed the letters, we head to the next store. Nicholas gets a little cart and he follows or walks in front of me and I'm reminding him to slow down and watch where he's going, so that he doesn't run into an unsuspecting shopper or display. When we get home, I need to get the laundry into the dryer, feed Claire and Nicholas wants to make a smoothie. Once Claire is fed and Nicholas helps me with the smoothies, we go upstairs and he helps me with the laundry.
Once both kids are napping, I eat lunch and then prep stuff for supper because I know that when Nicholas wakes up, he'll want to help, as he always does. I thought I was ahead of the game and had everything ready when Nicholas and Claire both woke up early, but as I was trying to feed Claire her baby food, get Nicholas water and make supper, I realized that I wasn't as prepared as I thought. My poor hubby comes home after working all day to Nicholas driving the noisiest car that he has through the kitchen, Claire crying because she's alone in her exersauser and the buzzer going on the oven. Oh, and did I mention that the laundry from the dryer never got folded.
Blair commented that night as he's simultaniously making pasta sauce and fixing a stopped up drain, how much our evenings have changed since we've had kids. Supper, baths, playing cars, and bedtime stories. Don't get me wrong, I love my kids and being a mom, but its not always easy, in fact, I think its the hardest job on Earth.....but I wouldn't change a thing.
