Adventures of a SAHD - part 4
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Topic: Adventures of a SAHD - part 4
Posted By: Chovynz
Subject: Adventures of a SAHD - part 4
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 5:42pm
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4th & 5th Day on the job.
4th day Made macaroni cheese Did Rose gardens Broke shower rail 5th day Today has been tough. I didn't get enough sleep last night and I'm kind of grumpy. This morning I was trying to listen to Hannah read one of her "Peter and Jane" books and I was falling asleep. Then I tried to get Hannah to do some of her Maths which we bought a little while ago. I haven't seen Hannah do any maths for a number of weeks and was starting to get concerned that she's taking it too easy. The problem was I didn't know where she was up to (methinks I'll get some bookmarks for her books) and we...struggled a little. She showed little interest in it and I showed little knowledge of it. I'm seeing age 5 looming on the horizon. Sigh. It looks like I'll have to sit my primary maths again. On the other hand I can feel my health approaching normal again. And along with my health is my strength. For those of you who have read the boot camp post you'll know what that's refering to (and none of you will have read that post yet because I haven't posted it yet! Haha  .) Ok, I promise I'll post that up later.
One of the things I'm really enjoying is actually being able to look into the kids eyes and seeing each one as a person, not looking at their behaviour or getting grumpy at them for the noise/mess/smells/fill-in-the-blanks. I feel that I'm really starting to learn and know my own kids, which is a weird statement to say. All of the girls have characteristics and idiosyncrasies that I didn't know where there until this week. I'm also able to sing out loud with nobody caring if im in tune or not, or without disturbing fellow workers. In fact, my current fellow workers seem to enjoy me singing out loud, and some even dance along! I think im starting to get a handle on working things together. I mean the timing of things is pretty important. I've figured out that I can put another load of washing on before putting the washed one out. That way the washing gets a head start. Now if I can just figure out a way of getting playstation into that time too I'll have it all sorted! I forgot to get dinner out early again today. I pulled the meat out to thaw at 11:30 - silly me. Now we will have sausages again. Again. I figured something out today. Instead of making a full-blown lunch for Krissy, I can just get one of the baby food cans out from the pantry...I feel silly. Do mothers get obsessive-compulsive-hand-washing-disorders? I was trying to feed Krissy some baby food ("Alphagetti Bolognese" - how come adults don't get that stuff??) and she kept trying to grab the spoon. I used a little trick that I learned from my Wife - give the baby a spoon they can hold so they feel like they are feeding themselves. But our little Krissy is smarter than the average bear. She dropped the spoon she was holding and grabbed the one I had. I'd pick up the other spoon and carry on feeding her. Then she'd drop her spoon and grab mine again. So in the end, I had two spoons that were grubby not one. Briona sat outside and enjoyed her lunch there - in the wind and sun. I think she's going to be a very interesting woman when she grows up. Nothing much happened after lunch. The kids watched some videos, Teresa came home, and I had a sleep. At least I got the washing on and out and folded and out and out and in, (in that order) today. Yay it's Friday! ------------- Defending the male species since 1980 
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 6:01pm
your doing a great job busydad james use to do the spoon thing aswell ahhh memouies keep up the hard work ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Faraway
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 6:19pm
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Great stuff! You survived your first week! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 6:43pm
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i love these posts, you write so well.
And sounds like your doing a great job
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Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 8:30pm
I love reading these!!! Keep up the great work!! ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 8:34pm
I asked him this morning if he was looking forward to the weekend. Ummm not really, he said; he has feeling like he's just getting into the swing of things  -------------  |
Posted By: MILF
Date Posted: 05 October 2007 at 8:36pm
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lol i sometimes feel like that too, that weekends ruin the good routine i have going - would never tell dh that though! ------------- Lyla - mum to Xanthe - my big 4 year old 
and Jordis - 1 year old 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 06 October 2007 at 8:37am
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Well done for getting thru your first week as a SAHD ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 06 October 2007 at 12:14pm
Well done for your first week. If he's keen busymum no need to give him the weekend off. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |