Changes are sometimes hard for me--especially when it comes to our family.
I've never been one of those moms who says, "I can't wait until....". More often than not, I am in the "please stay little just a little longer" type of mode.
I try to stay in the moment and enjoy the boys at the phase that they are in, but there are times when I suddenly realize that I have sort of gone on auto-pilot. I get caught up on the everyday ups and downs and routines and I don't really see the bigger picture ahead of me.
I feel like that is what happened with this school year. Before he started, I was pretty sad about Luke going to first grade. Being gone all day is a pretty big change.
What I didn't realize was how much it would affect our whole family life. I didn't realize that the only time all five of us would be together would be on the weekends--it's the curse of working 2nd shift. We have to limit what we do during the day because I don't want Luke to miss out on too many things. I can't just blindly schedule doctors appointments. In a couple of days, when Henry starts preschool, we will only have one boy at home.
It's all just a very big adjustment for our family. We have always had our mornings open for family time. Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdays have always been the days that we plan all of our stuff on. Even if we weren't actually doing anything, I always looked forward to our mornings.
With him at school all day and me working at night, there are three days a week where the only time I get to spend with him are in the mornings before he gets on the bus.
There are sometimes when I sort of go on auto-pilot with everyday things and then suddenly I step back and realize that
