November 14, 2012

• {being mom}

  
  
  
  it was a crazy weekend.
  busy. full.

  by sunday night you could already see the tiredness before the week had even begun.
  and by monday morning the attitudes were flying hard…
  i was pretty near positive i’d lose my salvation before i could manage to get the kids out the door to school!

  monday night brought more busyness and, “you have to be where, by when?”
  said to the clueless teenager as to why last minute details never go over big with parents!
  and plans changing, car keys grabbing, and pork chops left burning!!

  by tuesday morning i woke up feeling exhausted, as if the entire week had passed and not just only on the second day in~

  i slipped out of bed and went to wake up the kids.
  passing the window, then stopping and going back to look out.
  a tiny dusting of snow across the rooftops of the houses. so peaceful.
  and as i stood there still in the morning silence i suddenly made my mind up to do something i’ve never done before..

  i went in to where kate was just starting to get up and asked if she had any tests that day.
  when she said no, i told her to go back to bed. then i went and asked ben and told him the same.

  so the house stayed quiet and slept!
  except of course, baby cakes of the family, who is always bright eyed and bushy tailed first thing every morning.

  when everyone else finally emerged and once emma got over her confusion that no, this really wasn’t saturday..
  i double checked with less sleepy headed kids that there really wasn’t anything major they would be missing in class-
  and so all of us in pajama pants or something cozy, and hair still wild and uncombed just kicked back and enjoyed the day! relaxing. being together~

  i let the laundry go. the dishes sit. the clothes all over my bedroom floor that my closet threw up, just lay in a heap.
  {and yes! that’s a big deal for this project driven ocd perfectionist pms-y on top of it mama}
   
  instead we read books and talked and ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and almost every single pumpkin muffin i’d made.
  we watched looney tunes and mantracker and listened to johnny cash..
  ben and i even practiced our gangnam style dancing.
   
  it didn’t last all day. there were errands to do later and job training for kate and youth for ben.
  but while it did it was great. it was needed.
  one of those days i know the kids will look back on like, “remember the time mom let us skip school…” 

  most of the time being mom means making sure they aren’t skipping.
  that their homework’s finished.
  bed made.
  clothes folded.
  chores done.
  teeth brushed.
  instrument practiced.
  to their game on time.
  new mouth guard bought.
  shoes tied.
  showered afterwards.
  papers signed.
  fruit packed in their lunch.
  and clean underwear on!

  but sometimes. every now and then. being mom means it’s okay too,  just letting it all go..

  

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