How great is it to stay home with your kids?
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I found a new blog today, with the charming name of Snotty Mommy which has a great “rant” about why we like to stay home with our kids:
“I am really tired of feeling like I have to defend my choice to stay at home and raise my kids rather than working outside of the home. I love what I do every day. I love that we “make a band” with crazy instruments almost daily. I love reading them tons of books every day. Most of all, I love the cuddles and the funny stories that we make up. Or maybe my favorite is seeing them smile and laugh at each other. Wait. Maybe I love hearing ridiculously funny things from [them].
So anyway. Even though I truly love what is one of the most taxing “jobs” on earth, I feel like I have to explain it to so many people. I recently overheard one woman in particular telling someone that when she has kids, she will just go crazy sitting in the house all day. She said she will continue to work to save her sanity.
Now, I admit that there are lots of days when I feel my sanity is in jeopardy. But give me a break, this woman’s job is getting coffee for her snotty boss. Oh, and answering phones. Now, not to put down that job, but does it really give her the sanity she craves?! Maybe it does. Who am I to judge what keeps her sane? I am just tired of explaining that we don’t “sit at home all day doing nothing”, and that I do get out and do things for myself. I am tired of patiently telling people that there is something incredibly rewarding about seeing how happy my children are, how well they interact with other people, how active their imaginations are, how considerate they are, and on and on. ”
I think we can all relate. Thanks Tammie - you’ve got a new reader! 
Here are my treasures, being silly and then insisting I take a photo to show everyone on the computer! Emma is being a puppy (one of her favourite games, she even fetches things if you throw them) and Jack is being… I’m not quite sure!
Thanks also to Karkovski for adding me to your links - I love your blog too!
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caro Said,
Tuesday, January 24, 2006 @ 11:38 am
Cute pic of those little ones. The sharpies hooked on the waistband are hilarious!
Blair Said,
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 @ 2:51 am
Brave mom, you let your kids have the “permanent markers” that my daughter loves to use : )
tammie Said,
Wednesday, January 25, 2006 @ 9:45 am
how funny that you have a jack and emma!- (such cuties)
we were told that our first child was a girl (after 2 ultrasounds), so we picked the name emma, bought tons of pink clothes, had a shower with “welcome emma” on the cake. and we gave birth to ….. jack. a very big (and wonderful) surprise. we thought about naming our 2nd child (who did indeed turn out to be a girl) emma, but we felt like we had already used that name - we had an emma for 4 months!
so now we have a jack and maggie.
i love your blog - thanks for finding me!