Staying Home

I decided to take off the school year to stay home with the kids. I have taken a lot of time off when the kids were babies. Grandma Rita took care of Anthony while I finished my student teaching a total of 10 weeks. He was in day care part-time my first year. With Ava I took off until she was 6 months and Grandma took care of her for 6 months and then I had off the summer. I worked part-time last year so Anthony and Ava would go to daycare for two days and grandma Rita watched them a half day on Wednesdays.

I've always had the summers off and all the school vacations which has made it very nice. But now it will be nice to stay home this year with all of them. Maybe not for Anthony anytime we go over the grandparents he always asks me to leave. He always says "Are you leaving mom?" I tell him I'm staying and he says "Why Mom?" "Why Mom?" I said he's the only kid who wants his mom to leave. Ahhhhhh! He's so smothered! I smother them all! They probably aren't happy with me staying home but I am. I can squeeze them and love them all day. Now they know what their dad feels like. I'm actually really lucky that dad provides for us to stay home. He's a great husband and a great dad I try to always tell him how grateful I am for him.
Anthony is 4 now, Ava 2 and Louie 8 weeks old today.