Sunday

The end of the week or the beginning of another? I personally like to think of it as the end, the day to sleep in, read the newspaper while listening to some jazz or anything relaxing, have some coffee and just breathe in and enjoy the morning........MOM!!! Well, it was a nice thought after all. Huh! Who am I kidding? That was probably something that happened b.c. (before children).
In order for me to even get a few moments of a Sunday morning to just sit I need to get up at least around 6:30a.m. My two year old "J" is always right behind me. Although at his age he can't wait to watch Dora, Diego, Mickey Mouse, or Handy Manny while Mommy is cleaning up. So all is still quiet around the house, this is when I try to do whatever I need to do quietly and not wake up anyone else. I manage to clean up whatever was left from the night before, get the paper, make coffee, open some windows, and then sit down on the couch to look at the paper. As I am just about to read an article I hear the thump, thump, thump, getting closer. Here they come, the 2 boys who share a room and usually follow the same schedule..Jr. and "D". They pop in to say good morning and then say can we play a game?? Okay, so back to the paper...well, now "J" is tapping the paper "Mama, make bekfest pleeeeeeese" standing there with his curly hair, big eyes and long curled eye lashes. Okay, I tell him in a minute.."Okay Mama" off he goes. Well, you know that's only going to last a minute or two, I won't be reading any article in that time so better get up and get it done before chaos starts with the starving children.
It is Sunday and I did plan on making breakfast.. sausage, eggs, potatoes. I start and as I am half done the boys decide they all want cereal (why they didn't specify that at the beginning which would've saved a lot of my time). I continue with cooking..here comes Mom Jr., my daughter, very quietly she watches over me, every step I take, every move I make, she just watches.
Soon Dad is down playing a little with the kids, making them rowdy of course, then HE gets to sit down with coffee and the paper (hmmm, I thought that was my idea?!?). Here come the sports!! Did I mention hubby is a sports fanatic..it doesn't matter what sport it is, he watches it, knows it, and enjoys all of it!!!
Okay, breakfast is done, kids are fed, I sit down!! Actually I could take a little snooze if only Mom Jr. didn't need her pictures printed out for her science project due by Friday!
Well, here we go, Mom Jr. and of course "J" out to the store to print them out and yahoo, we make it home just in time for lunch....glad I bought those whole grain mickey mouse shaped frozen chicken nuggets. I think kids just think Moms are on a constant go, go, go, mentality. Us Moms need a day of down time but how many of us actually get one? I know some Moms say they just take it, they go off and do what they need to do for themselves. Me on the other hand, just can't seem to put myself first at any time. I start to feel guilty, my mind starts to tell me "laundry, lunch for the week, clean clothes, school projects, dinner". In the middle of my thoughts there's squabbles between the boys, Mom Jr. is being too bossy with "J", "J" went potty he needs to be wiped..............Just Breathe, I say to myself, just breathe.
Sunday, the day of rest, the beginning of the week or the end? Like I said I like to think of it as the end, the last day of a busy week, the last day to make sure all is done, everything is ready for Monday morning, back to school, back to work, and back to taking care of baby!!!! I can already hear the tick tock of summer vacation, it's only around the corner. Oh, and there goes my mind again.....what's due for this week, dinner schedule, dance classes, baseball practices, projects due...tick, tock, tick, tock.......

Breathe......

Just a Mom