So..... It’s almost the end of September, and time for a
quick blog! I was right in my assumption
that I would have FAR less free time on my hands with watching the extra kids. But, I have found myself with some spare time
today. Currently, Robyn is sleeping, and
Jesse is having a snack beside me. Dave
is out getting new glasses with Janna (for himself NOT Janna). We picked them out last night during our new weekly
goal “Friday night date night.” Oddly,
the store didn’t have their optician in last night, because she broke her ankle that afternoon,
and nobody else was able to fill in. So,
we picked out the frames and lenses and got the process half way done, but he
has to go back in this morning and do the final measurements with the optician
and payment. They are really nice
glasses! Totally different from his last
pair. More timeless looking as they are
pretty tiny and rimless, and you can see his gorgeous blue eyes much more
clearly than his current chunky black trendy (5 years ago) pair. I can’t wait for them to arrive.
I’m far too pooped to do much this morning, so typing seemed
like a good activity. The weekend seems
like such a golden time compared to the craziness of the week these days, and I
really feel like singing and dancing come 5pm on Friday. It’s been 6 weeks now
that I have been providing childcare. I
feel like it took about that long to adjust! Jesse had the roughest initial
start with the change in schedule and home life, I had a few hard weeks in the
middle, and Janna saved her adjustment challenges for the past couple of
week. Robyn has been fine all along!
Maybe hers is still to come??
Anyways, it took me some time to figure out a few
things. Getting to know the kids was one
big thing. I now know who I have to
watch for what, and what works and doesn’t work for the different kids I have
here. Another big thing was that I had
to tweak my daily routine a bit. I found
I had stuffed a bit too much into the day, and so I have adjusted a couple of
things that seem to help a lot. Nap
time was another issue for one of the little ones, and finally, 6 weeks in, he
isn’t screaming his head off during nap time. Getting those issues under my
belt, and just accepting that my house isn’t going to be as clean as I want it,
were key in helping me adjust. Dave has
also been really supportive and amazing. It took me a while, but I am at the
point where I feel good about my decision, and am enjoying the days much more
than I was at first.
My kids really like having the extra friends around. On Thursdays, Jesse whines when he realizes
that nobody extra is coming over for the day!
Although, he proceeds to fully enjoy the time with just mommy and his
siblings. He also just about cries every
Saturday and Sundays when he asks to do homeschooling and I tell him we don’t
do home school on the weekends. That’s a
good sign, right? So, he seems to be at
the point where he is embracing the new deal, and doing well with it all. He and the 3.5 year old I watch Tuesdays and
some Fridays have REALLY hit it off, and so it’s wonderful to see him
developing such a great friendship. He starts skating lessons in a couple of
weeks with Daddy, and is pretty pumped about that as WELL as Halloween. He decided early on that he wanted to be a
clown, and so we picked up a pattern a couple of days ago, and so there is NO
going back now!
Janna, as I mentioned, has had the more recent struggles. She has a love/hate relationship with the
other 2 year old I have. They love to
play the same things, and sit and read books together, and can be very cute and
silly together. But, he likes to egg her
on because she reacts so strongly, and she likes to scream at him, and then he
likes to throw things in her face. It
has been good training ground I guess. But
she cries a lot on and off during the day for no apparent reason either than
someone looked at her the wrong way! As
Dave says, “Oh Janna... you have emotions...”
We were talking last night about how scared we are for her teenage
years. One minute she is laughing and
joking, and then the next scowling, then crying, then stoic... you just never
know! She tends to be a total angel one
on one... and I feel guilty that she is experiencing some sort of middle child
frustrations coupled with having to share mommy with extra kids. Ah well... we’re working through it, and the
golden age of 3 ( I LOVE 3!) is just around the corner. For now, we try and see the funny and cute
side in some of her struggles, and embrace all the snuggles and funny 2 year
old antics.
Robyn is just steady old Robyn. She is a fast crawler and cruiser, and plays
so well on her own and with others. Her
and Janna have just started “fighting” over toys and such, and Robyn is so
funny when she gets angry. She just
balls her fists up and shakes in anger while her face turns bright red for 2
seconds, then gets over it. The size of
her appetite is pretty epic, and she loves just about everything I feed her,
except apples or apple sauce. Actually,
all 3 of the kids seem to be doubly hungry these days. I feel like I might need to up the grocery
budget a bit to keep up with their stomachs!
Speaking of stomachs, I’m hungry, so shall be off. I hope everyone else has straightened out the
bumps in their new fall times routines, and will enjoy all the October has to
offer: the weather, nature, Thanksgiving,
Halloween fun, lots to look forward to.
Jesse’s nana is coming to Ottawa to visit for a week to kick off
October, so he’s pretty excited for the month to arrive, as well. Thanks for reading. I’m out.
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