My life with kids is busy. We have at least one doctors appointment every week, literally (Tyler is in speech therapy once a week). I hit the grocery store at least twice a week because even if I get everything on the list the first time somehow a million other things are already on the list two days later!
I could do laundry every day, instead I do it every two or three days. I run the dishwasher every other day. I clean the counters and the tables like 10 times a day. I make my bed at least three times a day. I try to clean my house at least once a week. Sometimes I slack off and don't clean it one week and then the next weeks cleaning is just disgusting.
When I go out in public I usually wear yoga type pants and a simple t-shirt, no makeup, and my hair is almost always in a ponytail. I am the mom who has given up. If my acne looks bad or I'm going somewhere other than to a doctors appointment or the store then I take better care of myself before I walk out of the house.
The rest of the time when I am not out running around like a crazy person racking up my cars mileage and blowing through gas I am home trying to pry my kids of each other so one doesn't suffocate the other. I am feeding a child every hour of the day, between making bottles, making food, and providing snacks its a wonder I have time to do anything else in a day.
And I have not even mentioned my OCD being so bad that I have to clean up the toys, that litter my house, every five minutes. I do it because I can't stand the mess and because all three of us are so clumsy that we trip over air, we don't need anything else in our way to trip us.
So on paper my life seems very simple, watch to kids and bring them to their appointments. But in reality it is extremely stressful and complicated and somehow I have not missed an appointment yet and both kids are still alive and well.
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