Another Vacation Week Has Come and Gone

Sheesh!

I love my kids. Ok with that said, they should never be allowed to have vacation weeks at school. Maybe summers. I guess I could manage that somehow but every time the schools send the kids home on vacation I get further and further behind…

Sounds selfish doesn’t it? Well it is…

My kids come first. But I do get into a routine of how things are with 2 of them off to school. When that routine gets interrupted I fall further and further behind on not just the things I personally want to do but housework, yard work, and all the things I hate and love to do.

A lot has to do with 5 kids under my direct supervision. Who can really do much of anything with them around you all day?

So I have been playing outside, going on real short walks, and playing school with them…

But Monday morning has finally arrived and the kids are back on the school bus and headed off to school again. I am back to my routine and here we are. I have learned that with all of the vacations, summers, and having 5 kids where they are all doing their own thing there really isn’t routine. In fact, my routine is catching up on things I have fallen behind on. But it’s the American way… and I am proud to be a part of it.

I feel fortunate though, that I can be here at home when my kids take time off from school. Most parents need to find a babysitter or ship them off to daycare for the week. What is it like in your house when the kids are home from school?

Are you like me and find it hard to really keep up with messes, housework, and everything else? Please say yes..