Or, I could’ve titled this post Why Working From Home Isn’t As Amazing As People Think It Is.
Today is the first day of school for the big Dudes.
Lots of WAHMs anxiously look forward to this special day of the year when the kids head back to school and your living room couch home office gets to be used again.
In our case, it is a day that marks loneliness and despair for one left-behind-4-year-old and his mama who can’t seem to focus on work one bit because she is busy acting like a buffoon to make him smile consoling Mr. Gloomy-Pants.
Sadly, there don’t seem to be enough silly jokes or funny faces on the planet to brighten up my little guy. No handmade crafts, singing TV shows, or hours spent banging dinosaurs into trucks keep him from asking (every 5 minutes I might add) if it’s time for “the brovers” to come home yet.
Fine, I guess we will just have to hit up the pool, go for donuts, and take a nap together on the couch.
One thing’s for certain, with these shenanigans going on in the absence of his human entertainers, this mama won’t be getting much work done…
Note to neighbors: Wolf man likes to knock on doors and frighten unsuspecting residents. Please leave a plate of cookies on your door step if you’d like to keep him from interrupting your day.
sounds like you have your hands full!! i’m sorry to laugh, but it slipped out when I saw your little guy standing on the table!! hopefully you will fall into some sort of routine! it’s always tough on the youngest!!
Poor guy! He needs a play date or something! I am sure he counts the minutes till his brothers come home :)
Literally. He literally stands beneath the clock and counts at the seconds go by. When he counted to his-version-of-60 3 times I had to make him stop. Driving us both insane!
Hilarious. The child is standing on the table. We’ve been bts since july 30. Today is official, “Dare her to put you in school today” Day. I would love to have a little werewolf standing on the table and no PMS 15 yos.
I can’t even imagine what that is like. And two of them no less! Ahh, Dude Mom Life scores again! You’ll probably think your 3rd is like a piece of cake. Emotionally at least!
You’re a sweet mom. I would guess that other mom would try to ignore the “left behind” kid and just try to focus on her work. Interaction between the parent and kid is really important in molding a kids character.
Okay I need your advice! Since your youngest is the same age as my son (he turned 4 in march), maybe you can give me your plan on when you plan to put him in school. Our situation is a bit difficult as we’re planning on moving to the next town over (about 10 miles from here) soon when we buy a house there. My husband grew up there and that’s where his business is! Anyway, we can’t enroll him in that town’s public preschool because we don’t live there yet. I have been trying for about 3 weeks now to get an answer from the government funded Headstart program there on whether or not they will take him. They are income based and even though I was told they have plenty of open spots, they still won’t let him go bc we “make too much money”. Our other option is to enroll him in the public preschool here in the town we’re in now, but as soon as we move we’ll have to take him out and TRY to enroll him I’m the town we’ll then be living IF they have any open spots. I’m looking into a private preschool here in town now that if he got enrolled in, we could just let him stay there and he’d be able to finish out the school year even when we get moved. I’m sorry for writing you a novel!! Lol. Okay but my question is should I just wait and put him in school next year or what? He needs to social interaction and needs to get prepared for kindergarten…
Well, I am a huge proponent of preschool before kindergarten, even if it’s only for one year. Of course, circumstance aren’t always ideal and sometimes it’s just no possible. If you think putting him in and moving him, or driving the distance back to the preschool after you move will be a hardship, consider doing a form of homeschooling with him maybe? That way he won’t be behind on any academic skills. Then, think about signing him up for a couple of classes, joining a mommy group, and interacting with community kid events so he has the opportunity to learn some independence and friend-making-skillls. Me, I’d probably put him in now, and then drive him, but I know that may not be the best choice for every family! Good luck!
But next year he’ll be joining them at school and you’ll be all alone. {sniff, sniff} Is it weird that this year I’m crying for EVERYONE’s kids getting bigger?
No, I am too. I look at other blogger’s kids and it reminds me of how old I am. I mean, my kids:).
OH man, I look forward to full days of school. I’ll never have the peace and quiet to really WORK on my business so it can be successful until they get there.
Amen sister. Although I’m not sure I’ll be able to focus once they are all gone and I’m left to my own devices!
This is why you should have had triplets as your youngest children. There is always a playmate and they all go off to school at the same time. No lonely single child.
I totally shoulda. Stupid ovaries and their one egg releasing dumbness.
Oh how I remember those days well. I would just get one in preschool before the next one came along. Regardless of what we do we are never as cool as the older siblings. Yet when together for extended periods they are ready to fight to the death of one or the other to get away from each other.. sighs.. boys.
Yep, sounds like my house! they love each other so much they can’t stand to be together or apart.
I was just like that when I was little. My brothers were so much older than me (10,9, and 6 years), that I missed them terribly when they were gone.
They start fighting the millisecond they step off the bus every day. Kids are weird.
Isn’t this the truth. My ‘baby'(who is 3) misses her sisters dearly when they head off to school..but mainly it’s me yelling ‘can somebody come play with this child for just 10 minutes’ and realizing that I am the only one home to do so. lol Dang I miss these big kids.
The dog can play with mine. She’s actually been doing a great job and she puts herself to bed exhausted from “babysitting” every night. Everyone in this house has to pitch in.