I just get so tired...

Monday through Friday I am a mother hen to 5 to 6 children. I really love all the kids so much but by the time they get picked up each day I am so tired. Mentally, emotionally and physically tired. By the time Friday rolls around, I don't want anyone talking to me or touching me or asking for anything, yet, I still have a husband and a daughter and a house and pet and a mom that need looking after as well. I try eating right and getting enough rest (yeah right) and exercising but that doesn't seem to help much. I just get so tired and yet I love it. I love being a mom and having people to love and be loved by in return. I love how rewarding it is to watch all the children grow and hear them tell me they love me. The grind of life gets me down sometimes but the rewards are so much greater...thank goodness.

Fun

Sometimes I make noise (like humming, whistling, or the odd verbal comments) just to bug my husband. It's fun. When we were dating he was all politeness but after the wedding...

It's sometimes as if he is making up for being an only child by the way he teases, pokes, tickles and junk like that and it drives me absolutely bananas! I tell him I already have a brother and yet he keeps on with it. Ugh! I finally one day just hauled off and hit him the way I did my brother back in the day to give him a taste of having a sibling. He didn't like that at all. I explained why after the fact and there has been a lot less 'sibling' behavior....but once in a while he'll poke at me...and I make noise in return. Then everyone is happy. It's fun.