This week I'm trying to reclaim my position as mother and homemaker. I'm limping along in my boot but no longer need crutches. (the boot adds two inches of height so I'm wearing a dress sandal on the other foot to balance it out. t-shirt, sweat pants and one dress sandal. it's classy.) I still get help from daddy and friends to run errands and dropping Butterfly off at school, but I've graduated from having live-in help. ...it's kind of scary.
The first day, I felt ambitious so I washed all the laundry and cleaned up the kitchen while playing with the girls and taking care of the baby. By evening, I was exhausted and cranky and ready for daddy to rescue us. I got to spend Tuesday recovering because grandma took the big girls on a field trip to go visit her horse at horse school. Yesterday, we juggled. It helped that Butterfly had preschool and then in the evening, Daddy was chaperoning a youth trip to Temple Square so he took Butterfly with him. But other than that, me and the girls had a very long playday together.
I haven't had to cook yet as we've had plenty of leftovers from Sunday's family feast and I've only done minimal cleaning. Mostly we just play with toys and watch movies. It's not as active or as engaging as I'd like to be as a mother but we're managing. :)
Today I've got all three girls at home (all day). We're playing hard and looking forward to have daddy home this evening.
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