The Other Side

​ I look forward to a babysitter once a week and when the time finally comes, the list of things I needed/wanted to do doesn't top my desire to snuggle up with you. "Just 10 minuets" is what you would always say when you stopped moving and exhaustion caught up to you.  We'd both laugh because 10 minuets never happened.  It's either not enough time or a kid shows up. Watch more moments from The Other Side on YouTube .

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​I decided once I hit your year mark I was going to try harder.  Try harder at everything.  What that looked like today was being more present with the littles.  It is a rainy day so that was going against my mental health. 🤪 I went on my usual Monday walk and then sat wrapped up in a blanket until Jadon got off the bus. ( you win some you loose some)  We went to the Library (because that’s what we do on Mondays and Jadon talks about it all week in anticipation). I didn’t rush them.  I watched them perform a puppet show, and line up all the Diary of a whimpy kid books.  My good parenting gold star was earned when I refused to bring home a stack of Sponge Bob dvds. 🤩 (even though that would guarantee hours of Joshua leaving me alone) When we got home I sat with them and read all the books we checked out with Joshua. I even let him change the words to the book “Piggy gets invited to a party” To: “Piggy learns to potty. “ Potty humor at its finest. 💩...