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Being a working mom is HARD.  I feel like life is going 100mph until 8pm comes around and I pass out.   Joe has been traveling a bunch but has been SUPER helpful when he is home.  

Even though I love teaching, I don't love rushing my kids out the door in the morning.  I don't love being so exhausted after work that I don't have the energy for my family.

I am so thankful for the experience though (I still have 4 weeks left).  It is showing me that yes, I do love teaching but I am in no rush to have my own classroom.  I might do another maternity leave but for now, I can only think about being home with my girls.

On the positive side, they are doing so great at daycare.  Mia is thriving in a structured learning environment and Naomi loves her teacher and classmates (even though she still cries every day I drop her off).

With me working our schedule is obviously very different, which is challenging and fun.  Mia is longing to go the zoo and Children's Museum (deprived, right?). HAH.  My favorite part of our new schedule are the family trips to the library on Sunday after naps.

Lucky for us, our library is AMAZING and has a ton of toys and dress-up clothes.

Also, Joe has been getting creative with exercising to spend more time at home.  

Naomi is determined to keep up.

 

The girls miss each other so much throughout the week since they are in different classrooms at daycare. (I think they might even miss each other more than they miss me.)  When the weekend comes around, they have so much fun playing together.

Mia even gets weekly (optional) homework, which she loves to do.  Since Naomi wants to be just like Mia, I always create homework for her too.

Sorry for neglecting you but this momma is tired. I promise to be a better blogger going forward as I'm slowly figuring out how to balance life.  I must say, working moms are amazing. (I can't even imagine how tired my mom was as a single, working mom.)  Actually, all moms are amazing. The selfless act of raising little people is so challenging but yet rewarding. No one fully understands the emotions that go into motherhood until they are one.  I love being a mom and I must say, it's my favorite job I've had so far.