On being a missionary mom ... a few unorganized thoughts

Ugh. I've determined something that many of you already know: the best way to get very little done is to have little ones that haven't got enough sleep.

Raise your hand if you just groaned there!

Today felt like a very mom-ish day. Not very missionary-ish. It's only now at 9:45 pm that I'm finally sitting down to answer emails and do "productive stuff".

But, I need to remind myself that this is a beautiful, difficult, valuable part of being a missionary too. My kids are my number one ministry--even if I'm tired of playing "airplane" with my three-year-old, and playing "Don't put that in your mouth!" with my 9-month-old.

As some of you know, my life is normally this awesome mish-mash of working at the school and being a mom. I say awesome because I really love the balance I have between school (8-3:30 pm) and being at home with my family (at break and lunch, and literally 2 minutes after I leave the school). It's kind of a teacher's dream!

Now that we're on holidays, I'm really appreciative of some of the extra time with the boys, but also in awe of moms who do this full-time. Good for you, stay at home moms! You are heroes! You might not speak to another adult for hours ... you clean only to have a messy kitchen minutes later ... you play games that make no sense at all ... and when your kids are really young, you're not even sure what they'll ever remember!

Well, I've reached the end of my "rant" ... I really just wanted to write a blog (long overdue) and couldn't think of anything else, so ... that's what came out. Kind of therapeutic I guess ... I promise a better blog later!

One of my favourite weekly "holiday" activities:
taking Ethan and Siena to the bread store, and then sitting and
people watching outside the compound. They love it too!