Something a mother should never hear from her children...

"Whew.... Mommy, I'm hot in the sack."

This is a direct quote from my son, K2. He was hopping around in the 'gunnysack' king size jersey pillowcases from my previous post - and this came out of his mouth. I laughed so hard, it of course became a game & then it was said many times. Something a mother should never hear from her child, but it was still funny & therefore must be shared.

It's been a crazy week. Not a typical 'at-home-Mom' week. I only had 1.5 'normal' days. And if I wouldn't have said 'no', it would have only been 'normal' for a 1/2 day. I am so glad I said no. I need to remember that feeling. Why is it that women have a difficult time of saying no when asked to do something? Probably a whole lot of psychological babble can account for this phenomena, and I am not certain I care to evaluate myself to that degree in a public arena! Feel free to email me your comments & we'll see what we can come up with. However, I do believe one portion can be related to flattery - I think women underestimate their full capabilities and when someone believes they can move a part of the world - well then its 'bring it on! Let's try that one!' But that's as far as I'll go here.

So I wasn't 'just a Mom' last week. I have to say, parts of that were completely great. Other parts were interesting - like just how much I missed my Ks. I don't recall this happening when I was a 'working Mom'. Is it because I know them better now? Is it because I value the time more? Is it because I am getting old and senile? Is it because I was PMSing & emotional? Is it because I'm finally ready to take the ride to the loony bin? I don't know - you take your pick. I just found it interesting.

This week isn't about to get a whole lot better - but at least I'll be home more. Just working from home, which is a great gig if you can get it. Now we'll just have to see exactly how much trouble K3 will get into when I'm engaged in work. She's a climber. She moves chairs and stools around to get to stuff she wants (the treat cupboard, the pantry, the pen holder, chapstick, lotion, soap, anything in the kitchen sink, digging into K1's room, jumping on K2s bed & the list goes on). She loves the phone and wants to carry it everywhere. She's trouble. So we'll see what I actually can get accomplished. I fear the answer will be -

nothing