Back to work?
On Monday I go back to work part time. I can't even explain what mixed feelings I have about it. I hired a nanny who is amazing. Retired, use to run a day-care, nurturing and a teacher. I am so blessed to have found her because it will make it so much easier. I love staying home with my kids but it also feels like a good time to revisit the gifts I can bring to the professional world again. I've been out for 5 months (the max they will let me take off). Many days with Jack I feel like we get to a point were we are at odds with each other because I am with him 24/7. I am the one to discipline him, teach him new things, entertain him, fight past the wining and get him to say words and dare I say it, we can get tired of each other. Don't get me wrong, Jack and Amelie are AMAZING kids but since I have the option to work part time I'm going to try it. Some days, I get so tired and feel very unmotivated inside. I am normally a motivated person so this feels very OFF for me. The other day I left for the day so the nanny could run through the kids routine. When I came home Jack was ecstatic to see me and we still got to do all the great things we do everyday (snuggle, read, bath time...) So for now, I am trying the working mom thing out again.
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| We've been celebrating the Fall. Feels like it has come and gone so fast (just like everything these days). These fall leaf were there just a few days ago and now with the rain it is like the leaves are almost gone. We had such fun raking them up and filling the barrel. |
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Jackson was a big helper and managed to get lots of handfuls of leaves into the barrel before deciding he needed to get in the barrel. |
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| Fun and productive all at the same time. This is a good day. |
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| We sometimes have bath time in the morning to warm up after a long walk in the rain. Jack has gotten a hair cut since the bath Mohawk but for awhile there we could spike it up good. |
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| Jack's favorite place is in the kitchen. No wonder since Mike spends a good deal of his time cooking. Jack has been cooking with mom though. Baking bread or cookies is a great rainy day medicine. |
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| More than anything, Jack loves to PLAY! With anything but Foosball came very naturally for him and he actually made some goals too. |
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This is the BEST toddler toy of all time (THANKS MOM). This slide sits in our living room right now because Jack does not get tired of playing with it. For weeks he loved just sliding down but now he's learned to put any toy with wheels down it too for added fun.
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Just took some 4 month pictures of Amelie.
This season of Life in Mom Motion has been a complete joy and I am confident that although our routine will change a bit starting Monday we will still have lots of fun to report. |
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5 comments:
Beautiful pictures, Jen! Your kiddos are darling. I hope tomorrow goes smoothly for all of you! I would love to see you when I am in town again. I will let know for sure when I am coming next, but it will probably be around Thanksgiving.
best of luck to you on monday! so wonderful you have such a great nanny and such a great job to go back to! i'll be thinking of you in your transition... you will do great and so will the kids!!
In addition to all that being a mom and a good, productive human being asks of us, all of us are feeling the added stresses our world is serving up at this critical time on our planet, so it makes day to day chores and responsibilities seem more difficult these days for everyone who is awake to life.
good luck jen! i hope it all goes well for you...and if you are feeling overwhelmed and want to talk - shoot me a line! ps. we have a very similar slide and it's proving awesome for these rainy days and i love amelie's pouty lip face - so cute!
How'd it go? I'm so glad you found someone you really like. Love the pictures and Jack's crazy bath hair! He's got a ton of it, too.
I can't wait to hear how this week went.
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