3 on 1

Since this was finals week for WMU there has been more demand for tutoring and we aren't really ones to turn down the opportunity for making a little extra money.  However, that also means that I am actually being a Mother!  Now, I am when he's home but you know what I mean. Most people don't have the luxury I have of having their spouse home all of time to help out with the small children so I am getting a taste of what it should probably be like!

Luckily for me most people don't want to be tutored for 8 hours a day (like a normal work day) so I got eased into it.  An hour here... a few hours there... but I think I survived pretty well!  It was easy breezy when Norah would eat and go back to sleep, but it got a little interesting when I had to feed her and the kids chose not to listen, or pick on each other, or had to go to the bathroom and then she stayed up.  It was also a little hard because I'm still trying to limit the amount of times I go up and down the stairs (even though I can do them) so having them stay in one area the entire time caused my creative juices to start flowing!  haha.

Lucky for me if it got to out of hand and I felt like I was losing control of the kids I could just put on Dinosaur Train and that helped out.  :)  I like that I am starting to be able to resume my duties (haha I said doo tee) as Momma again.  I love that I can start playing with the kids more and that I can pick up after them the way I like it.  I have to admit that when Norah is sleeping (which she does quite a bit still during the day) life is easy.  I'm used to the two kids so its not any different.  And its crazy to think that having two kids is normal and easy!  haha.

Let the Momma duties begin!  haha

Am loving that this transition is going so smoothly.  And I know that it would be worlds different if Gaetan had to work every day for hours a day so I am counting my blessings and acknowledging all the help I am getting.  But I am hoping to be able to get back up to Super Momma status soon enough.

JVG