Company

Surely I am not a totally horrible person... Surely.  I am exhausted by company. We went from my birthday in September to non-stop entertaining through the fall and then the holidays and birthdays, I was done.  And it wasn't over. This weekend was our last event on our calendar, and while it was a small one with close friends it reminds me that while I love people and am for the most part an extrovert how much I cherish our slow seasons with little to no entertaining filled with just our little family of five.  I keep a relatively clean home, but of course when we entertain, we spend days preparing the house for guests and many extra hours are used doing necessary deep cleaning but those hours are always rewarded after company leaves with many more hours of additional clean up from the mess that the guests leave. It is exhausting.  I am so looking forward to not entertaining until the spring -- when most entertaining is done outdoors anyways haha).

We have had quite the week besides entertaining last week.  It was BEAUTIFUL weather all week, which is a rarity in January, so we took full advantage with trips to three parks, the arboretum with four of my mom-friends and our TWELVE toddlers.  The kids have played hard and really enjoyed themselves.

It is 3:30 am and I am typing on a blog in the office because just like almost every night, I am wide awake. Tomorrow in the midst of trying to fight kids down for a nap I will undoubtedly hate myself for not forcing sleep, but it doesn't seem to work that way for me. My body refuses to let me sleep.  I suppose the best use of my time in the middle of the night would be cleaning, but I don't want to wake the babies, or my husband who has to work in the morning.

Anyways, not really much to tell tonight so, I will see ya in a few days with hopefully a more positive attitude and a more rested spirit.

Good night,
The Toddler Wrangler