Help

Last week I had two of my sisters stay with me for a couple of days. They’re teenagers, and one of the things I love about coming from a large family – though we did figure out that my youngest sister is closer in age to my kids than I am to my youngest sister. Anyways, having help for a couple of days was so nice!

I actually ended up having several surprise projects come up while they were here and it was wonderful to be able to get my projects done AND have a clean house – this week I got lots of projects completed or made progress on them (I’ll post some of my latest logos once I finish them), learned some new things about illustrator, got my bathrooms cleaned (actually I didn’t do this part), laundry done, and my kitchen miraculously stayed clean (thank you kitchen genie…i.e. sister!). I even made it to a meeting all by myself, alone, with no kids!

Oh, and they helped my 5yr old with her school work – we’re all homeschooled so they know how to teach as well as I do – or almost, my one sister did tell my 5yr old that 5+3=7…not going to let her live that one down…, It was actually kind of nice, because they could get her to read way more than I can, maybe she just expects more help from me, so she finished up a couple of books while they were here. Very nice! I did make up for it by helping my one sister with her algebra (this is the sister who “can’t” add 5+3). I discovered that I actually still remember how to do it, it’s been a few years, but, I did always enjoy math, gives me hope for my kid’s teenage years!

And, we had time for some fun stuff, Rummikub is a favorite game for my family so we played many rounds of that – with good natured teasing and cajoling. One day we even started teaching my 5yr old how to play, which was pretty exciting for her, she got to be one of the “adults” for a few minutes.

As much as I enjoy bing a mom it was so nice to get a break and have fun hanging out with my sisters at the same time.

It’s so refreshing to see that there’s an end to the tunnel of young kids. Actually, it’s more like a cave than a tunnel, with pretty pictures on the wall – figuratively and literally (with pink sparkly nail polish), that most of the time I enjoy. But, sometimes, when I get tired of my current pace it’s nice to see that there’s more to life than sticky fingers and the alphabet song. And it’s good to laugh and play, and see the bottom of my laundry basket!