Being a mom to three kids and two dogs ain't easy. Lucy Lou and Timmy Too may be dogs to other people, but for me, they are my adopted kids. Most of the time I love being a mom, other times I just try to believe that I love it! Nick is the baby of the family. And at two months, the most well behaved of the lot!
Well, he has his moments; this afternoon he gurgled milk and coughed it up. Then with a huge baby smile he started cooing and blabbering, all of which I had to make sense of. Yes, the milk should have been ice-cream flavored!
The afternoon was a sweltering one. The AC did not help; the girls were in a holiday mood, unwilling to do math and reading. Anna was doing a soprano and Mia was having fits listening to it. But being a responsible mom, I did not give up! Time was well spent in making Mia and Anna write sentences. One of the words given was “exaggeration”. Trying to hide a smile I asked the girls if they were enjoying the study time, and they chorused that they loved it, Mia adding under her breath “….. And that is an exaggeration!!!”
Lucy and Timmy did not make things easy either. Lucy barks in different staccatos and gets upset if I take too long to understand her. She distracted us during the spelling session. Timmy chased his tail and ran madly through the house, ending in a yoga pose on his belly with all legs outstretched. Later they took a sudden fancy to chew each others ears which ended in a noisy fight, but as usual both parties emerged unhurt. Small mercies!
For a moment I closed my eyes and wished for a hammock in a secluded beach in the Caribbean, just listening to the soothing sound of waves.
Well, a house is for kids and noisy dogs. Would I want a house that is peaceful and quiet all the time? - or a beach all to myself and just the sound of waves unceasingly crashing on the shore? No way, I love being a mom, even on difficult afternoons.
Well, he has his moments; this afternoon he gurgled milk and coughed it up. Then with a huge baby smile he started cooing and blabbering, all of which I had to make sense of. Yes, the milk should have been ice-cream flavored!
The afternoon was a sweltering one. The AC did not help; the girls were in a holiday mood, unwilling to do math and reading. Anna was doing a soprano and Mia was having fits listening to it. But being a responsible mom, I did not give up! Time was well spent in making Mia and Anna write sentences. One of the words given was “exaggeration”. Trying to hide a smile I asked the girls if they were enjoying the study time, and they chorused that they loved it, Mia adding under her breath “….. And that is an exaggeration!!!”
Lucy and Timmy did not make things easy either. Lucy barks in different staccatos and gets upset if I take too long to understand her. She distracted us during the spelling session. Timmy chased his tail and ran madly through the house, ending in a yoga pose on his belly with all legs outstretched. Later they took a sudden fancy to chew each others ears which ended in a noisy fight, but as usual both parties emerged unhurt. Small mercies!
For a moment I closed my eyes and wished for a hammock in a secluded beach in the Caribbean, just listening to the soothing sound of waves.
Well, a house is for kids and noisy dogs. Would I want a house that is peaceful and quiet all the time? - or a beach all to myself and just the sound of waves unceasingly crashing on the shore? No way, I love being a mom, even on difficult afternoons.