life is about balance....right?
Spinach salads, spaghetti squash, asparagus and CUPCAKES! It's Monday ..... again. Every week is the same thing just different stuff. I love the summers, you know when you don't have stupid time limits, no bed times, no "homework has to be done by this time". I do however love when the kids go back to school and learn new stuff and fill their little brains with knowledge until it is time for the H word. I hate that horrible H word, it really sux. I remember doing homework when I was little, it took maybe an hour then it was play time and supper time. Now the kids are lucky to get a free hour before it's bedtime. The kids think of it as a punishment and so do I, punishment for us parents who have no idea what they're teaching now a days. Soon it goes from our inside voices, nice and friendly to the outside, across the football field and over the band playing a Friday night game, voices.
I'm sure I am not the only mom that can't stand having to raise her voice for the sake of getting the kids attention to finish their homework. If you have more than one kid, in a different grade, doing different homework, the dining room table quickly becomes a referee needed zone. One is talking because they actually need help while the other is just whining, mainly because he doesn't want to do his homework (guess you can figure out which kid that is about) at all, but doesn't understand why his ps3 controllers will not be returned. I sometimes just stand there staring at them thinking what the hell is going on & where are my sweet children?! On the inside I'm still screaming and then it just makes its way out and I'm raising my voice again while searching for the rum and sprite. Yes that's right, after a long day at work, coming home to kid homework and cooking dinner while getting the laundry done, worrying about feeding the dog that is still not living with us yet and the husband is not home, I search for liquid courage to finish out the homework fight. Then dinner is somehow done (it was just a blur which is not safe now that I think about it), devoured (said cupcakes are devoured as well) and dishes are done (by the oldest child) all while the youngest is still fighting the homework, it's only been 4 hours since he's been out of school for the day. Once it's done I cave and allow t.v. to be watched so I can gain an hour of mommy time (then I look at the clock and that hour is gone). I'm not offering any insight into getting the H word done in a timely manner because I'm still waiting on insight for this myself, I'm just simply relating to other mom's that I know are out there wondering "are there any moms out there with this fight?", yes there are! I am a mom, yes I signed up for this craziness and no I am not complaining....I love my life and wouldn't change it (well the homework and whining and the constant arguments I can do without those) because this is ..........
..............Life as I know it!
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