So it’s Monday after a long break off from work. Almost two weeks to just be home with the kids. I think some parents dread this time of year. Most kids are restless, they are over feed and over stimulated with all the parties, toys and travel. Maybe someday I will be that kind of parent who can’t wait to get back to work- back to schedules. But for now I am kind of sad that it is over. Only this once a year do I get to just be home with them. We have no agenda except to play and laugh and be lazy. My oldest loves PJ days and wanted everyday to be a PJ and Pancake day. My baby wanted to just sit on my lap all day and watch her new movie and make new jewelry. I love that my kids enjoy it as much as I do. I wonder do they behave extra good because they know how much I love the mental break from being the working Mom who always feels like she is not doing enough for the house or the kids? I know someday in the near future I will become obsolete to them and I will embrace my working mother status more then I do now but I wish today was my clean the house and get back to normal day instead of back to the reality of travel, work and conference calls. I was talking with some Stay at Home Moms over the break and they asked me if I loved working. Hard question. Yes I do. I love my job and I am good at it. I just love being a parent more and wish I could do more of it. Over these last two weeks off I spent a few days doing a picture montage of the last ten years of our life together as a family. So much has happened in those ten years. We got married, had two children, my husband got his Ph.D, we moved 5 times. I kept thinking how fast it all goes and so today back in reality I am a bit sad that I will have to wait another year to get stress-free time with my kids when I can just be their mom.
