Starting today, I am taking a few days off from working to spend a lot of time with the kids. I’ve been crazy busy the past couple of months, and the girls have been neglected. Today we decided to launch this “vacation” off with an Easter craft activity. I just got a bunch of foam stuff - easy enough for Lydia but still fun for the bigger kids, right? They were very excited. “Will you do them with us Mommy?” “Sure I will!” I reply. I spend the first 20 minutes hot-gluing bunny basket forms together so they can decorate them. When I finish, again I hear, “Are you going to make something too?” - “Absolutely!” They squeal with joy, “Yay! Mommy’s going to make something! Yippee!” Literally MINUTES after I start making the best Easter scene EVER, I hear, “Oh, Jack’s home and outside playing, I’m going to go play with him” and then, “Really? Me too” and then from my staunchest supporter, three year old Lydia, “Well if they are going outside, can I go play Nick Jr.com?” - Guess what happened next….Sure enough, I had put one thing onto my picture and all of the sudden I was alone - sticking things to foam. By myself.

And not only did they leave me alone making bunny pictures out of foam, but they also left me alone with this:

So 20 mins prep, 2 mins crafting with the kids, 10 mins crafting by myself (yeah, I finished my picture, what of it?) and another 10 mins cleaning up by myself. Hmm…my plan to spend more time with the kids and less time working is off to a swimmingly grand start, wouldn’t you say?