Work

The title is lame, I know.

Iam grateful that Craig is employed.
I am grateful that I am able to stay home and homeschool Mason. I am extremely grateful for these 2 things. More than I could express.

And at the same time I wish that Craig worked a little less. He has been working 7:00-7:30 a.m. until 7:00-9:00 pm 6 nights a week. He's been doing this since the start of the New Year. I am with the children--alone--from the time they get up until bedtime. Many nights he comes home after the children are put to bed. It is becoming very exhausting and I find that I am getting short and impatient with the kids.

this work schedule will probably go on for a year. they are short several employees due to retirement, but they are not going to hire anyone else. So....the late hours and days.

Our little Maddox is in that "repeating" phase. The one where he repeats his question or statement over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over..etc.... He'll do it to me first, then do it to Mason. He has also begun the true tantrums. Running around in circles while stamping his feet and growling loudly. Throwing himself on his stomach and flailing his arms and legs while growling. Yep. He's been spending a lot of time in the playpen lately. And he doesn't mind doing these displays of frustration in public. I had to pull him out of a snowbank today.

This week has been good though. We have had things going on everyday this week in the morning. So we haven't been staring at each other's faces ALL day. Mason had 2 of his once a month homeschool classes this week. Next week I am working 1 half day and having my friend's girls over for the week. That will be a nice break and Mason and Maddox will be too excited to see the girls to fight with each other.

I am trying so hard to find other moms who homeschool to hang out with. I have met one and we are hoping to get together in a couple weeks and I've reconnected with another mom and we are going to try to get together with the kids sometime. I have joined a once a month book club (thank you again Kathy for inviting me! Such answer to prayer!) and a once a week Mother's Prayer group and I have the small group I lead one time a week. ---- Now that I have written this down, I am involved in quite a bit. I do long for more stuff in the day. Unstructured stuff where I just get together with other moms who have children the same age and we just talk and the kids play.

OK, I hope this doesn't sound like a "whine" post. I am not trying to be whiny. I feel like I haven't had many positive things to say on here in a while. Sorry for you 2-4 readers out there. There really are a lot of amazing things in my life. I think I have just been overwhelmed with Craig's work schedule. Well, off to check on Lily the Bear's web-den cam. The boys love it and it is pretty neat. signing off----