I hoped this day would come!
Therapy center has reopened! (Note therapy is not a baby sitter but I take my breaks when I can get them)
We got lucky, so they are doing a soft opening with minimal kids and therapists, each in their own rooms. Lit 7 kids to start, and ours are two of them. Plenty of cleaning precautions and therapists wear face masks.
Kids out of the house for a chunk of hours is so valuable. I was able to have dinner ready for @COMaestro before he picked them up, and they came back all smiles. It’s a lot of play based, my oldest truly loves it, tho he is highly attention seeking.
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Yay!
I know our situation isn’t really comparable, but every weekday, the 30 minutes my wife has to herself between me taking them all to daycare and her going to work, and the 10~20 minutes I make for myself by (somewhat guiltily) going home from work before picking them up are invaluable to us.
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My partner and I have gotten into the habit of one of us taking the toddler for a walk once I’m done working while the other stays at home with the 11mo; sometimes it’s nice just having to worry about one at a time (man-to-man defense vs zone coverage)
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We do that all the time, but one of us is always outnumbered.
The most relaxing form of “break” we have found is when I put the twins front and back on my bicycle, and S cycles in front on her bicycle. Keeps the twins contained and happy, and all I have to do is follow S and hope she doesn’t get hit by a car.
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That’s really good news @superjaz. Just having time (although we never have enough) is an amazing feeling, and it helps so much for how we deal with everything.
Both your kids must also be very glad to find back their therapists and a familiar location again. Finding some sort of normality is a very precious luxury nowadays !
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To all no worries, we all have different situations. A common saying to my group is “comparison is the theft of joy”
Thanks, yes they were both smiles when they got home. They have a good team right now. I know it will change up come fall (a lot of therapists after in college) but for now it’s good.
I know the honeymoon won’t last forever but I’ll take what I can get.
Added to I had a ton of paperwork things regarding disability services that I plowed though Friday, my free time feels less guilty? Like playing video games after I got my homework done.
@COMaestro is taking the week before 4 th of July so he can have a break. By break meaning house projects that are outside of my scope and impossible to do with kiddos. And maybe a couple board games.
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Very recently (as recently as yesterday for the second one) our children have had their birthdays, and I was talking to my OH and she came up with the fact that we have only one more year of having under 5s in the family, which is quite a milestone. They say it is easier then, although I have my doubts (seeing how moody the children of our friends are getting at 12 vs. 8). Still, it will be nice after 8 years so far of busy parenthood.
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My 12 year old has always been stroppy!!!
While the moods are frustrating, the bits when they’re not hating my very existence are lovely.
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Our gas hob/grill has child lock switches. K now enjoys toggling them more than switching on the gas, so I guess they are fulfilling their intended function?
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As long as they don’t break them…
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Oh, he’s broken the gas dials before. The repairman was kind enough to show me how to dismantle and reassemble the gas range in order to get the pin back into the correct groove after “a hard impact” dislodges it.
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Random aside, you’ve inspired me to finally look up the etymology of “hob”. Meh, kinda interesting. 
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I’m always fascinated by etymology! This was a good reminder to look up hob for me as well, as I’ve been curious.
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We’ve got three: The Oldest (girl, 9) The Boy (boy, 6) and The Breaker (girl, 3). Our games keep getting moved onto higher and higher shelves…
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Took the baby out for a stroll this morning (I cover from early morning till work starts) over to McDonald’s to grab a coffee, and get a decaf and breakfast for my sleeping beauty at home. The kid really loves being mobile, so she’s quiet and doesn’t squirm, plus it seems to ease her gas. She went down super easy when we got back, got big smiles from mama for the breakfast… I think I’ve stumbled onto a new morning routine for a while.
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I’ve received instructions to “stop her killing herself on the fireplace” (7mo now).
3 days later and I’m one piece of fabric and a staple gun away from finishing…
It’s crazy how fast she went from threatening to move to whizzing around on all fours and pulling herself up on everything in sight.
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Now she has a platform to jump from!
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Or to climb up higher onto the benches/shelves around the fireplace!
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Builds character, it does.
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I remember with our first one, we did wrap every corner of our coffee table into safety foam as well.
We did not bother with the second one, the corners were well rounded, I would only bother if they were at 90 degrees sharp. They do learn quickly.
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