We're backkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!
This week has been a bit of a doozy. I'm back to work. The boys are back to school, Dempsey soon to start on Thursday. Russ is out of town. My parents are here. Transitioning is happening. I truly feel grateful for having the summer to be with my kids. We get to have so many adventures that we would never get, if both Russ and I were working in the summer. That being said, transitions are hard. It takes awhile to get used to moming in the summer. AND then when we go back, it's hard to get used to moming at work. To put it frankly, it's exhausting.
On one hand it makes me happy to be in the same world as my kids. I went to back to school night with them, and then had to jolt over to my own back to school night.
I had my first day of school today, the boys had their first day of school.
I love seeing my friends, my kids loved seeing their friends.
We are all exhausted.
This was the first year that I didn't walk the boys to school. It was hard. Hard for me, probably not that hard for them since they had their awesome grandparents there to walk them to school. I knew that they didn't need me, but it was the end of a phase for me. Luckily I still will get to take Dempsey to kinder on Thursday. But they are getting bigger. And working at a middle school is hard, because you learn that kids need their independence and they also need you. So I'm starting to play the game with them. Let them go, and hold them tight. When I got home I tore open the door to find them. I had to know about their days. I was instantly competing with Fortnite, and you can guess who lost there. I was reminded that kids don't love the question, "How was your day?" I need to get more creative with my questions. SHOOT I hand out the list of other questions to parents all the time.
BUT it's okay. I'm practicing self-compassion. I'm a good mom and I'm going to provide myself some grace as we all transition back into this thing called school.
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