It's incredibly tough being a working mom. Don't get me wrong, I like living off two incomes but trying to balance work/life is very tricky. As much as I feel that I've got everything down to a science as far as my organizing, I find that I fall way too short of it being anywhere near calm and orderly. By the end of the week, I look like a hot mess going to work. But, it's just a period in time of raising young children that all must go through so I'm just riding the waves but, man, I just wish I could surf through this part.
As you know Belle is going through therapy for her speech but with each session, I find that they are finding more with her behavior than with the actual speech thing. Compliance is the word I hear a lot. This week when I picked Belle up, her teachers told me what a great day she had and that she was so sweet but her therapist painted a completely different picture when she came for her visit. Which, quite frankly, I appreciated the realism coming from the therapist. I know who Belle is and the trouble she can be. Lord knows at times I just want to hide away in a closet and pretend that I'm on a deserted island. But, I just know that these days will pass and she will be grown and leaving us but not before I have the opportunity to share with others the tantrums she had the pleasure of showing us each day (video below).
With the chaos of starting back to school and being away from my girls for 40+ hours, I take delight in the weekends that I can have control over to slow down and to wade through the waves of this so-called life.
The girls having a picnic on the table Kyle made one afternoon with Allie-Ann.
Story time, one of my greatest joys!
I just thought you might want a look into our real lives...all the sweet pictures I post of the girls all the time, well...here is another side.
