Double Birthdays.
Double Houses.
Double Chaos.
You know that moment when you meet someone and during a normal conversation you happen to mention your birthdate and they look at you and say "Oh no way! That's my/my sisters/my mothers birthday too!" Well, Matt and I had that conversation last fall when we were getting to know each other. It went something like this-
K: "Well, my oldest will be 7 on May 13th and-"
M: "MAY 13th??!"
K: "Yeah... why?"
M: "That's Bean's birthday..."
K: "Well hunh. THAT will be an interesting week..."
K and M: *crickets*
Guess what? It's May! The kids have birthdays next Monday and I'm staring down a Pirate-Themed double-birthday so-not-even-planned-yet invites-still-going-out-because-I'm-a-slacker party in 4 days. Costco needs to happen. Epic decor needs to happen. Games and favor bags need to happen. I also need an eyepatch because, well, I do.
Today also happens to be one of those days where I'm running two houses at once. At the moment I literally have laundry going at one house, dishes going at the other, I swung to Matt's apartment after school pickup to get chicken from the freezer to grill at my house while Matt sets up the swing set we got for the kids' birthdays. I also just remembered that I forgot to grab Drano from my house {sorry babe} to pour down his poor drain that is unfamiliar with having a hairy female present. Hehehe.
Also, Boozer has been requesting "mommy-only" time and I need to find a way to make that work. Bucket gets mommy-only time while Boozer and Bean are at school and Bit is napping, Bit gets it on the days that the girls are with their dad and Bean is at school and Bean gets Kate-time the days that all 3 girls are with their dad but poor Boozer is never in the position to get time with my undivided attention and I am determined to make that work. She holds so much weight on her little almost-7-year-old shoulders and I want to make sure she knows that I see her. I keep thinking "Geeze, doesn't she know how hard I'm working on this Giant Pirate Party for her and the things I do every day to show her I love her?" Really, though, no amount of party-awesomeness and stolen moments compare to taking her out on her own with just TIME. That's really all kids want from us and it's usually the thing we have the hardest time giving them despite the ease and low price of this gift.
Constantly considering the kids. Constantly. I know some people might think it's extreme or that Matt and I are putting our life and needs as a couple on hold by working this life around our children. We strongly disagree. There are times that we put ourselves first, when necessary. Overall though, our goal for our life is to be together forever. That starts with a good foundation and our kids are that foundation. They will be the center focus of our life for a long time and the easier we can make this for them, the less problems we will have down the road for all of us.
Double Houses.
Double Chaos.
You know that moment when you meet someone and during a normal conversation you happen to mention your birthdate and they look at you and say "Oh no way! That's my/my sisters/my mothers birthday too!" Well, Matt and I had that conversation last fall when we were getting to know each other. It went something like this-
K: "Well, my oldest will be 7 on May 13th and-"
M: "MAY 13th??!"
K: "Yeah... why?"
M: "That's Bean's birthday..."
K: "Well hunh. THAT will be an interesting week..."
K and M: *crickets*
Guess what? It's May! The kids have birthdays next Monday and I'm staring down a Pirate-Themed double-birthday so-not-even-planned-yet invites-still-going-out-because-I'm-a-slacker party in 4 days. Costco needs to happen. Epic decor needs to happen. Games and favor bags need to happen. I also need an eyepatch because, well, I do.
Today also happens to be one of those days where I'm running two houses at once. At the moment I literally have laundry going at one house, dishes going at the other, I swung to Matt's apartment after school pickup to get chicken from the freezer to grill at my house while Matt sets up the swing set we got for the kids' birthdays. I also just remembered that I forgot to grab Drano from my house {sorry babe} to pour down his poor drain that is unfamiliar with having a hairy female present. Hehehe.
Also, Boozer has been requesting "mommy-only" time and I need to find a way to make that work. Bucket gets mommy-only time while Boozer and Bean are at school and Bit is napping, Bit gets it on the days that the girls are with their dad and Bean is at school and Bean gets Kate-time the days that all 3 girls are with their dad but poor Boozer is never in the position to get time with my undivided attention and I am determined to make that work. She holds so much weight on her little almost-7-year-old shoulders and I want to make sure she knows that I see her. I keep thinking "Geeze, doesn't she know how hard I'm working on this Giant Pirate Party for her and the things I do every day to show her I love her?" Really, though, no amount of party-awesomeness and stolen moments compare to taking her out on her own with just TIME. That's really all kids want from us and it's usually the thing we have the hardest time giving them despite the ease and low price of this gift.
Constantly considering the kids. Constantly. I know some people might think it's extreme or that Matt and I are putting our life and needs as a couple on hold by working this life around our children. We strongly disagree. There are times that we put ourselves first, when necessary. Overall though, our goal for our life is to be together forever. That starts with a good foundation and our kids are that foundation. They will be the center focus of our life for a long time and the easier we can make this for them, the less problems we will have down the road for all of us.
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