Balancing everything

Some days I can't even imagine all the juggling moms have to do. I only have two kids and that's hard enough. I have friends with three and four kids who balance extracurricular activities for all of them! Amazing! Both my kids are involved in a few activities each, and sometimes they're schedules overlap leaving me scrambling to find a carpool or someone to take pictures for me! I've made some great mom friends who share in my struggle and also have kids the same age as mine. It works out great for school functions and childcare. We'll take turns watching each others kids whenever we have a conflict - so the kids get to play and we get to save money on childcare! It's great to have a circle of friends that you can do this with. It not only helps in a jam, but sometimes both families will all get together or we'll even swap kids for an even out with the hubby!

whew, I'm pooped

Had a great weekend with my daughter camping on a girl scout weekend with a sister troop. We hiked, sang songs, did crafts, etc. Brought home 3 bags of trash, 4 loads of laundry, and endless tchotchkes to put away! It was a wonderful time, a beautiful place, and a great group of people! I'm exhausted and my allergies are killing me! But all was well worth it and gave me plenty of ideas to use for our girl scout troop.

What a day...

I personally believe that every day should be Mother's Day! Out of 365, we only get 1 day for you to appreciate everything we do for you? Not fair!

Seriously - love your mom each and every day. Let her know that you appreciate her and everything she does.

Happy Mother's Day to my fellow strong women who are holding down the fort!

A day in the life of this MOM...

I woke up, had coffee (because I would kill if I didn't), checked email, responded to emails, balanced the checkbook, updated my twitter and facebook statuses, put laundry in the washing machine, vacuumed, fed the cats, unloaded and reloaded the dishwasher, wiped down the counters, finished writing mothers day cards, started dinner in the crockpot, emptied and refilled the coffeepot, made breakfast and ate, got dressed and ready, made sure I had everything and locked up the house, went to the library to reserve a book, went to the post office to mail mothers day cards and recital ticket order, went to the dollar store for more seeds for the garden, went to work for 4.5 hours, ran home just in time for the kids to get off the bus, chased them to wash up - then have a snack - then homework, emptied lunchbags, changed into comfy clothes, checked bookbags for notices, wrote out permission slips for field trip and a friend over, made lunches for the next day, wrote two articles for Bukisa, checked phone messages, switched cell phone carriers to cheaper plan, finished making dinner, put laundry in dryer, vacuumed again (we have 3 cats), printed girl scout emails for activities coming up this weekend, checked homework, set the table, ate dinner, cleaned up dinner, loaded the dishwasher, fed the cats, folded the laundry, picked out clothes for tomorrow, played on facebook for a little while, answered over a thousand questions from the kids, got ready for bed, got the kids ready for bed, double checked that everything was ready for tomorrow, checked emails, returned more emails, looked into switching insurance companies, updated my calendar for tomorrow, watched a little tv, settled into bed with my newly borrowed book and drifted off to sleep around 11:30pm .....just to start all over at 6:45am! Sound familiar??? That was an easy day - usually I have some meeting to attend, a child to pick up or drop off, a birthday gift to pick up, or a girl scout activity to attend to.

It's tiring being a mom. Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderfully tired moms out there!! xoxoxo