Comments on: we suck at this

By: Amber

Amber

You are my soul sister. That is all.

By: MINA MILEY

MINA MILEY

YOU are amazing and I LOVE your honesty! It IS totally hard. It sucks. It’s gratifying. It makes me want to kill people. It makes me want to hug them tight, too. You are CLEARLY doing a LOT of things right!!! THEY.ARE.STILL.ALIVE. and SMILING!
🙂
Mothers (and Fathers) UNITE!!!
Keep on Keepin’ ON!
*fist pumps*

🙂

By: ashley @ the handmade home

ashley @ the handmade home

In reply to Penny. HAHA love it. AMEN!!!

By: Penny

Penny

This. Is.My.Life!!! This is the second year for our kids to not homeschool, and it is getting a little easier. I love the “we don’t accept B’s.”
I want to say, wha
t would you do if your kids absolutely best is a “D”???

By: Erin

Erin

Well from someone who also sucks at this, I think you guys do pretty well with all the irons in your fire. And yes, I also call it “real” school for some weird reason. And your house is lovely, even all lived-in and mussed up. 🙂

By: niki

niki

I have 3 teenagers now. My head hasn’t exploded yet (although it’s been close more than a few times). I’ve decided that if your kids are happy humans who understand their own value and value and respect others, then you’ve done your job. In the long run, grades and APs and honors classes and ivy leagues aren’t really important (although if that’s what your kid wants, then you go kid!). You only get to be a kid once, you only do junior high and high school once (THANK GOD!!!), so it ought to be fun. Or at least mostly fun, with a few hard parts, because Chemistry. And calculus. And girls (or boys).
So take a deep breath, look at those babies and enjoy every moment (even the sucky parts). Because one day you’ll look at them and realize your baby boy doesn’t look like a boy anymore. Or you’ll notice boys looking at your sweet little girl and realize she’s so darn beautiful (and where did THAT come from?). Time goes SO FAST!!! My oldest will graduate high school this year, and my youngest is in 7th grade. Suddenly I can see that the end of my days of active parenting is approaching. It’s a little scary and a little exciting. And I’m trying not to cry.
Anyway, you absolutely DO NOT SUCK AT THIS!!!!!

By: Holly S.

Holly S.

Someone once told me to give my family a year to settle down in a new house and new area after a move. At the time, I thought that was a lot, but looking back on it she was right (she moved a lot b/c her husband was in the military). Basically you have moved twice in the last year to a new area and managed a full on house renovation while maintaining and growing your business. Things will settle down as you settle into your new life. Give yourself grace (that is what I prayed for when we moved to a new area far from any family and where we literally knew no one) that you will make mistakes, but in the end “it all comes out in the wash” (an expression from my mother-in -law) as long as you love those kids. That is what they will remember.

By: Nicole Reimers

Nicole Reimers

First, I totally appreciate your honesty and humor in it all. Second, you have to remember you and your husband both work and have three kids. I used to work full time as a teacher but finally got the chance to stay home and work part time from home when my second child was young. When I was working full time out of the house, it was STRESSFUL. The big stuff (like feeding your kids), no problem. It was all the lil, non-routine stuff. Like the random field trip form. Would totally forget about it. And juggling teaching and family, that lil stupid form would be the one to put me over the edge and feel completely overwhelmed. Next school year I’m going back into education, and to be honest, I’m nervous. Because I have been where you are before and know how difficult it is. One of the things I have done the last three years (and am still fine-tuning because kids are always changing), is getting our house/family functioning well. As in cleaning out closests, finding manageable systems for paper, and creating routines in the day for those troubled spots (you know the ones- were either you, your kids or both seem to lose their minds). Its helped life go more smoothly already, so just hoping (fingers crossed) that it will next year as well. I’m blessed to have had this time to be able to focus more on our family. And on a side note, I don’t workout. Also, still have one more Christmas present to send to an out-of-state relative who’s address I got a week after Christmas. So you’re doing better than me there : )

By: Mama

Mama

Bring em’ back home. : )

By: Maribelle Bastin

Maribelle Bastin

Wait, there’s someone else like me who can’t EVER seem to get her act together (happy tears)?! The greatest part of my youngest starting middle school was not having to meet all of the expectations of attending every function, sending in treats, gifts, supplies, etc., which occurred on a daily/weekly basis.

We certainly don’t want to wish those grade-school years away, but some of the parental expectations are/were excessive–and I was a stay-at-home mom!

This too shall pass. Continue to keep it all in perspective and enjoy every messed-up minute!