One child home. One Mother home. The transition of being a stay at home Mom had its ups and downs. No more missed meetings at the school, no more worrying about juggling clients schedules so I could make it to the boys hockey games. My schedule revolved around them…and yet I found ways (hobbies!) to keep busy.
I sewed for Kathleen, I baked, we went for walks, I had bought a fancy camera and I was reading and learning how to use it better.
The year however felt LONG. I crafted and sold things at craft fairs. I snapped more pictures. Kathleen drove me crazy. Art the time I blamed it on her age, she was three turning four. She had been the easiest toddler and now she seemed to have danced to the other side of the spectrum and was plain and simple difficult! The more I thought about the ‘problem’ I was having with her constant whining and nagging me was she was BORED. I was BORED. She like to craft, she likes to draw, to learn, to keep busy. By giving her a project to do- a paint brush and a little paint, of scissors and glue…she was happy for hours. I realized I missed working, I missed having a business and began making plans again.
The boys were north in school, they would come home and tell me about their own little lives, their friends and games. Hockey filled our winters, soccer in the spring and summer. Like true siblings the three fought with each other constantly. I learned my children could argue about what colour the sky was just for the sake of arguing! This was a fun time for our family. Josh and I loved doing day adventures to different attractions in our province, we went on summer vacations, to fairs. Every holiday was alive and the anticipation was felt in the air.
It was also a bit bittersweet, seeing that we no longer had any babies in the house. No more diapers, no more waking at night, in a sense we wondered if we were moving on to the next stage in our life…or maybe we would think of another little one?
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