I've had the kids all week while their mom was away on her honeymoon. I discovered a lot of interesting things about their having very distinct personalities and their need to be known and heard. Of course, since Jeff splits custody, I see the kids quite often. But spending intense 24/7 time with them one-on-one has been really eye-opening. I learned that they are 1000% times easier to handle when their friends are over. We had a pool party Tuesday with a friend of mine and her two kids. They got along so well, my friend and I caught up on work while they played away. We looked at each other and just exclaimed, "BEAUTY!" In fact, Max and Laney were getting so restless today I offered to baby-sit my friends two kids and as soon as they walked into our home, Max and Laney were happy and settled down. You'd think having 4 kids in the home is easier than 2 but it's quite the opposite.
But of course the kids crave on-one-on time with us, too. The hardest challenge for me was to respond to the many demands of my boss at the PJStar, who incidentally piled on the workload this week like crazy, while responding to the demands of the children. In between fixing breakfasts and lunches, bandaging cuts, mediating fights, playing with the kids, cleaning the house, cooking dinner, figuring out our bills, etc...I had to write about 5 articles a day while updating the PJStar website content! I wanted to explode by the time Jeff got home from work!
I always thought I could handle working at home while balancing children if Jeff and I are blessed with our own kids...but I realized this week that's just not realistic. I don't want to do two important things poorly. I want to just excel at one thing, and that's being available to my family.
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