Call me maybe

This week has been graduation party week.  I am finishing up fellowship at the end of the month and have had 3 parties in the past 6 days.  The parties plus another night out with my husband's work has made for 4 nights of having a babysitter put the kids to bed.  As much as I have loved having so many "nights off," I'm starting to wonder how it is effecting my kids.  Our 3 year old daughter is used to having songs sung to her at bedtime.  Our favorite picks are usually "Jesus loves me" or "Jesus loves the little children."  I guess she's learned a few new ones as she woke up singing this pop song this morning:

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Carseat switch

For anyone who has read my blog entries, you may have noticed that it is on my "post-call" days (or after working 24 hours straight) that I seem to struggle the most.  A while back, I was post-call and picked the kids up early from school.  We went to play at a park and were going to meet my husband for dinner.  I took the kids to the car and proceeded to start putting my 17 month old son in a carseat.  My 3 year old daughter said something like "hey that's my seat" but I was pretty oblivious and carried on.  When I went to put her in the other seat, something looked funny.  "Mommy I'm facing the wrong way" she said and it was then that I finally noticed I had put my son in her seat (facing forward) and was attempting to put my 3 year old in the rear facing seat.  My son seemed pleased with the change of scenery.  Good thing my daughter spoke up!
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Scheduling snafu

Sometimes being a mom feels more like being a personal assistant than a nurturer.  I am always worried that I will have something wrong with our day-to-day schedule and end up leaving the kids at daycare or forgetting to feed them a meal.  This week, I left for a 24 hour call shift on Monday.  I came home Tuesday morning while my husband was on his way to the airport for a trip.  He returns home late tonight and I leave for another 24 hour shift tomorrow morning.  With all the coming and going, it's a wonder we've kept it together this week.
Last night, my mother-in-law and I took the kids to Cafe Carolina.  As soon as we walked in, my daughter spotted her buddy, Sergio, who works there.  He played hide and seek with her for a few minutes then came over to say hi to my son.  "Are you going to smile for me tonight?" he asked "He only smiled at me once last night."  I looked at him confused.  "Your family was here last night for dinner," he responded laughing.  And I thought I had this scheduling thing figured out.  Oh well, at least the kids seemed to enjoy their dinner... again.
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