Summer Already
I am very glad to have all of my kids home with me for the summer, as I am very greedy about time with them. However, after yesterday I might be very happy when school starts. It is not like I really was alone during the day before school ended. I always have Madison and Kennedy home, and Dustin would only be gone for 2 1/2 hours, but I guess having everybody in shifts works better than an all at once deal.
There were quiet points in the day, like when we made gel worms or played in the water table, but there was also mass chaos. I never knew that getting the man that dropped behind the couch with the Swiffer was something to fight about. How come I just don't get that same excitement about using the Swiffer.
At one point there was so much fighting between the boys, that I felt that it would be better to battle with removing the toilet seat and installing the new one. Yes, touching a toilet seat looked more appealing than my children.
I have decided that I just need to relax a little and realize that our house is not going to be like the Brady Bunch all day. I am just so tired of being a referee all day long. They fight over who opens the door when we come home, who turns off the TV, which seat to sit in at the table, etc..
I am passing along to anybody reading who is thinking of having children far apart- DON'T DO IT! I think most of my problems come about due to the fact that Zachary is 6 tears apart from Dustin, 7 from Madison, and 10 from Kennedy. He has nothing in common with any of them, and therefore is really like an only child who can't get any attention from his mom. Apparently this doesn't sit well with him. I find it easier to deal with the 3 little ones than Zachary and one of the little ones.
Now to go research some things to do on line which might be appealing to all 4 of my kids; any ideas? Oh, and to deal with the child who is screaming so loudly that people walking by our house are turning their heads (and our windows are shut). This is all because a friend invited her to a ballet class and she doesn't want to wear the leotard. It is going to be another long day.
There were quiet points in the day, like when we made gel worms or played in the water table, but there was also mass chaos. I never knew that getting the man that dropped behind the couch with the Swiffer was something to fight about. How come I just don't get that same excitement about using the Swiffer.
At one point there was so much fighting between the boys, that I felt that it would be better to battle with removing the toilet seat and installing the new one. Yes, touching a toilet seat looked more appealing than my children.
I have decided that I just need to relax a little and realize that our house is not going to be like the Brady Bunch all day. I am just so tired of being a referee all day long. They fight over who opens the door when we come home, who turns off the TV, which seat to sit in at the table, etc..
I am passing along to anybody reading who is thinking of having children far apart- DON'T DO IT! I think most of my problems come about due to the fact that Zachary is 6 tears apart from Dustin, 7 from Madison, and 10 from Kennedy. He has nothing in common with any of them, and therefore is really like an only child who can't get any attention from his mom. Apparently this doesn't sit well with him. I find it easier to deal with the 3 little ones than Zachary and one of the little ones.
Now to go research some things to do on line which might be appealing to all 4 of my kids; any ideas? Oh, and to deal with the child who is screaming so loudly that people walking by our house are turning their heads (and our windows are shut). This is all because a friend invited her to a ballet class and she doesn't want to wear the leotard. It is going to be another long day.