I'm writing this after hearing someone repeat a comment made by somebody else on the weekend, about whether or not I do anything. The parties in question, know who they are, and I hope they are truly listening. Unfortunately, they are not the only ones that joke around about what a stay-at-home Mumsy does. People tend to question "what I do all day" and "do I ever get bored". "What shows do I watch on TV" and "When am I going back to WORK." Let me give you a run down of what I did today and I will let you be the judge. I will not give you the times at which each activity is taking place as I only watch the time around lunchtime because I have to bring Avery to school shortly thereafter.
After Greg left for work, Avery got into bed with me for some quality snuggle time. We cherish our morning snuggles and I wouldn't trade anything for it. Tristan woke up shortly after and then, of course, he had to cuddle with Mommy for a quick moment. Then the fun begins. Avery wanted to play games on my laptop and Tristan decided to watch Treehouse while I opened all the blinds and made the beds. I did a quick clean up in both the kids rooms and then headed to the kitchen to make and have breakfast. I finished eating before the kids (big surprise), so I emptied the dishwasher while I was waiting and promptly filled it up with the dishes that were waiting on the counter from the night before. When they were done, I wiped down the counter and looked into the pantry to plan lunch. Then we went upstairs to get ready for the day. Tristan(God bless him), wears whatever I put on his body while Avery.....Well lets just say that Avery is the Diva Fashionista. So ten to fifteen minutes later Avery emerged from her room wearing something white or green because she swore high and low that her teacher wanted them to wear green today. (It turns out she meant wear something green on the March break which was when St. Patrick's Day was....sigh....eye roll). Anyhooooo, I digress, I changed over the laundry and folded a basket full of towels that was put in the wash by my wonderful hubby the day before. The kids played with their toys for the remainder of the morning. I took a shower (ten minutes tops), and made myself presentable. I had a short phonecall with my hubby and then went to my daughter's room because I needed to organize her dresser drawers BADLY. After I was finished we all went downstairs to have some lunch. I should mention that I probably diffused many arguments and fistfights throughout the morning but if you asked me about what?.....I would have no memory. My kids play well together....but they fight really great together as well. Sooooooo.....we ate some pasta for lunch and I cleaned up and took out a bunch of ingredients for an apple crisp that I would make when I got home. Of course, we got our coats and shoes on to go to school and then I realized that Tristan had pooped.....So I had to undress him and change his diaper....then dress him AGAIN to go outside. Took Avery to school and on our way home we picked up the mail. When we got home Tristan got a cup of milk and then he went down for a nap. That is when I made the apple crisp in peace and quiet.....such a rarety these days....sigh. After the crisp was in the oven I cleaned up and went upstairs to finish folding the laundry. Then I sat down for a much needed break. (Roughly 20 mins). Then I realized that I had to wake up my son to get ready to go back to school and get Avery. We went and picked up Avery from school and on the ride back she gave me heck for making the apple crisp without her. So when we arrived home again.....We made peanut butter cookies. When those were done I prepared dinner (broccoli, rice and leftover bbq chicken breasts :) Greg came home and we ate our dinner....with apple crisp for dessert. Greg cleaned up the dishes, wiped down the counters and the floors and I went upstairs to start the kids' bath. Bathed the kids then put in two more loads of laundry and straightened out Tristan's room again. Bedtime could have come earlier today as I am pooped. I put Tristan down to sleep at eight and Avery went down at eight-thirty. Then I FINALLY watched some TV and chilled the fuck out. So....as you can probably determine from this diatribe, I didn't watch much tv, I'm never bored, I'm busy all day and I ALREADY WORK. But the rewards far outweigh the negatives and I never have been afraid of hard work. I love my family. So I think you can see why I hate all the misinformed comments and judgements about the stay-at-home Mom's out there, like me, who choose to do this and actually like it.
After Greg left for work, Avery got into bed with me for some quality snuggle time. We cherish our morning snuggles and I wouldn't trade anything for it. Tristan woke up shortly after and then, of course, he had to cuddle with Mommy for a quick moment. Then the fun begins. Avery wanted to play games on my laptop and Tristan decided to watch Treehouse while I opened all the blinds and made the beds. I did a quick clean up in both the kids rooms and then headed to the kitchen to make and have breakfast. I finished eating before the kids (big surprise), so I emptied the dishwasher while I was waiting and promptly filled it up with the dishes that were waiting on the counter from the night before. When they were done, I wiped down the counter and looked into the pantry to plan lunch. Then we went upstairs to get ready for the day. Tristan(God bless him), wears whatever I put on his body while Avery.....Well lets just say that Avery is the Diva Fashionista. So ten to fifteen minutes later Avery emerged from her room wearing something white or green because she swore high and low that her teacher wanted them to wear green today. (It turns out she meant wear something green on the March break which was when St. Patrick's Day was....sigh....eye roll). Anyhooooo, I digress, I changed over the laundry and folded a basket full of towels that was put in the wash by my wonderful hubby the day before. The kids played with their toys for the remainder of the morning. I took a shower (ten minutes tops), and made myself presentable. I had a short phonecall with my hubby and then went to my daughter's room because I needed to organize her dresser drawers BADLY. After I was finished we all went downstairs to have some lunch. I should mention that I probably diffused many arguments and fistfights throughout the morning but if you asked me about what?.....I would have no memory. My kids play well together....but they fight really great together as well. Sooooooo.....we ate some pasta for lunch and I cleaned up and took out a bunch of ingredients for an apple crisp that I would make when I got home. Of course, we got our coats and shoes on to go to school and then I realized that Tristan had pooped.....So I had to undress him and change his diaper....then dress him AGAIN to go outside. Took Avery to school and on our way home we picked up the mail. When we got home Tristan got a cup of milk and then he went down for a nap. That is when I made the apple crisp in peace and quiet.....such a rarety these days....sigh. After the crisp was in the oven I cleaned up and went upstairs to finish folding the laundry. Then I sat down for a much needed break. (Roughly 20 mins). Then I realized that I had to wake up my son to get ready to go back to school and get Avery. We went and picked up Avery from school and on the ride back she gave me heck for making the apple crisp without her. So when we arrived home again.....We made peanut butter cookies. When those were done I prepared dinner (broccoli, rice and leftover bbq chicken breasts :) Greg came home and we ate our dinner....with apple crisp for dessert. Greg cleaned up the dishes, wiped down the counters and the floors and I went upstairs to start the kids' bath. Bathed the kids then put in two more loads of laundry and straightened out Tristan's room again. Bedtime could have come earlier today as I am pooped. I put Tristan down to sleep at eight and Avery went down at eight-thirty. Then I FINALLY watched some TV and chilled the fuck out. So....as you can probably determine from this diatribe, I didn't watch much tv, I'm never bored, I'm busy all day and I ALREADY WORK. But the rewards far outweigh the negatives and I never have been afraid of hard work. I love my family. So I think you can see why I hate all the misinformed comments and judgements about the stay-at-home Mom's out there, like me, who choose to do this and actually like it.
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