Homework….the school is really cracking down on reading, spelling and maths. This is great and I am all for a bit of work at home. However, I am realizing that with 3 children needing supervision while homeworking I’m not going to get much done. I have actually begun to make this statement in my head “This is about the children – my home duties have to come second and I am just going to have to do this and get over it”. The girls get too distracted if I am not there on hand to help out, and then they muck around, and homework time goes on and on. It is overwhelming. I need a strategy and I am hoping that a dedicated homework time is the answer. Simple – seems so. Managing 3 of them doing homework is a tuff gig. We’ll see how things go this week. Maybe this is what other people do and I am just realising it? How do full time workers manage? It is for the good of the kids…It’s for the good of the kids

Jess cried today when I dropped her at school. Big fat tears rolled down her cheeks. It broke my heart, but the teacher said she’d be ok when I leave (ie please leave!). Went on to have morning tea with some mums who have become good friends of mine. They say the right things and understand. Funny isn’t it – how you think you are muddling along all alone, but we are all feeling the same way underneath. I love my friends.

Ok, enough of the melancholy stuff for now. Jess really got to me. Might need another coffee!!!