I used to be on time or early pretty much every time. Now, I'm lucky if I'm only five minutes late.
I have never lost a child in a store before. Now I can add "left store without a child" to my list of parental faux pas. (thank goodness it was only for a minute, but I still had a heart attack.)
I literally have to count on my hands to keep track of my kids now. "OK- two little girls out on the neighbors trampoline, one little boy playing video games in the Living Room, one 2 year old putting an entire roll of toilet paper in the toilet, and one baby sleeping. Good. 5 children, still alive!".
I have also realised that when Zaria arrived, I was still able to keep up with pictures and blog updates and baby book entries. In fact, as the label cloud below attests, I posted a lot! It didn't hurt that we'd just gotten a new camera
I am hoping this is all just a stage... I have a toddler. And a baby. AND 3 older kids who each have 2 hours of homework a day. And it's winter. It takes 20 extra minutes to just walk
And this stage has it's benefits too! I love where each of the kids is at. I have no desire to rush through these moments with them for the sake of convenience. I will never get a chance to be in this moment again. And I wouldn't miss it for all the punctuality in the world.
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Ack! I didn't scroll down and see this adorable picture this morning... Oh. my. word. what a handsome little man!!
I honor you, Mama, for loving your 5 babies so well. 5!! Man, I thought it was crazy when you had 3... haha... little did we know =)
Amen!
I concur. "Game and match"
I still haven't done the baby books of Lemmy....and I just have the one! My lists are long and they don't seemed to get done...Lemmy loves to play with me and includes me,so again, time is short, we must enjoy!
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