I know that it's important for young kids to have schedules. Certain things that happen at certain times of the day. It gives them a feeling of security and permanence or something like that.
But, you know what? It is starting to drive me insane.
We wake up. We eat breakfast. We watch a show while eating breakfast. Then it's juice time. Then it's time for "steamies" and to pick out clothes. Off to preschool - driving here, there and everywhere. We come home. I make dinner while Mikey screams at me. We eat. I clean. We play. Bath time. After that comes more "steamies", cheese and books. Then bed. Throw in there a few diaper changes, some laundry, lunch, and other errand-y type stuff and you got a day.
No one ever mentioned that being a parent can be SO BORING sometimes. You just get all caught up in the schedule of the day and never seem to have time to enjoy, well, anything.
I've been having many days like that recently. Like, I'm going through the motions of parenthood. Doing things that I HAVE to do instead of things that I WANT to do. Somehow, I have to force myself to sit down every once in a while and take a little breather. Whether that is doing an art project with Katie, sitting on the floor enjoying the kids playing together, or trying to find the time to do some ME type stuff - I just need to do it.
If I don't, I think I might explode.
And so, in keeping with the changing it up theme of today's post. I thought I would throw in some videos. It's been a while.
