I miss my buddy

Year 2012, many changes to our family. New routines for the 2 boys and us.

One of the thing i don't miss is not being able to go back with hubs. We usually go to work together and back together. But with hubs current role, he needs to stay back and i can't afford to let my kids be picked up late, so it is just me and the kids.

I still wonder how i get my stamina and how i manage to keep up with the 2 active boys under my care for the few hours. Me and hubs usually split up the work of cooking, bathing. Now it is just me getting dinner ready, bathing them, trying to slot in some laundry work and cleaning up. It is really hectic but i try not to let the kids get to me. They can be so slow and have so much to say. So part of this new routine is my new ability to be extra patient with my boys. If they have something to tell me, i will listen and if they get on my nerves i try my best not to shout and just reason with them. Most of the time they will listen but takes a while to register in the brain that they need to undress abit faster and stop rolling around the floor naked.

Kids don't know what wasting time means cause time don't carry any weight in their world. That's how i love them :) so it really isn't about the chores and the additional work. But being alone. Not having someone to talk to while you are driving back or having that extra pair of hands around when you need it, just plain sucks. No matter how irritating my husband can be, it is still nice to have someone there.

So this is my routine.
6.00am - rise and shine.
6.30am- breakfast and lunch box packed
6.45- kids eat and waste time till 7.10am
7.10am - packed them in the car and go
7.20-7.30am - in 2 weeks time we will drop Joel first then didi at the daycare
7.40-8.45am- estimated time to go work these days in the crazy traffic
4.15-4.45pm- depending on days they have classes. leave for work
6.00pm - reach home and start getting dinner ready, bath kids, nag them, get them to thank God for anything, sometimes i get them to thank God that mommy is still sane. Funny how kids think. didi will thank God for his toys and food. Joel will thank God for the window and doors. i ask him why, he says so bad people don't come in. (trauma from ipad incident)
while they have their dinner, i will be having their fruits chopped up or some jelly for dessert.
7.30-8.00pm- time for bed. hardest point is to get them to stop chatting and sleep. one will ask for milk, one will ask for youtube on the phone. if they feel like being normal, they will ask for bed time stories. else they will just be doing their nonsense.
8.30-10.00pm- get household chores done and planning for the next day meals. get my facial done or just doing some light reading. Hubs will prepare dinner stuff for next day and i will just execute.

that's what i do every day :) hectic yes, tiring yes. But i love being a mommy and most of all i love seeing and spending time with my boys. So all worth it in the name of love :)