The calm before the storm

OK, so maybe yesterdays post was a little premature, but not false. Yesterday afternoon was a little rough. I picked Mackenzie up from school at about 1:15. Turner feel asleep in the car on the way there. Unfortunately, he woke up when we got home which meant just a 15 minutes nap....and we all know what a 15 minute nap means for a 2 year old that didn't get to sleep until late the night before, woke up early AND is sick!!!! LOTS of meltdowns. Needless to say, by 6:50 I had his PJs on and had him laying in Mackenzie's bed watching a movie to go to sleep. Mackenzie went in there then too, and Austin went down about 7:30. I guess the big kids didn't actually go to sleep until around 8-8:30, but it did seem like we had a lot of adult quiet time last night. So the moral of the story, I'll be the first to admit that being a "stay at home mom" isn't all the picture perfect moments of story time and crafts, nice naps, and wonderful lunches - but it is awesome. I love that I have more time to complete all of the chores on my plate and still have more time with the kids in a more relaxed setting and when I don't have to be in a hurry all the time. It really does change me, just ask Aaron. Of course I don't know that I would have ever been able to fully appreciate if I hadn't been the working mom first. Maybe someday it will be a long term option - but that would probably end up being an option right when all the kids were in school and then I'd rather be working! Funny how that all works out. But maybe at least I can still hold out that I can be a stay at home Grandma - of course that better be quite a ways off!!

I'll try to post again later on more stuff from this weekend.