Every mom deserves and often desires to have some "her time". You know, the kind with no kids, and no agenda except for the things you want to do. I have found that when I have time alone, I come back to my family as a happier wife and stronger mom.
Knowing the above, I came up with a plan to help out. I got two other mom's on my block to start a Mom's Babysitting Swap. Each week one of us watches all the kids (4) for three hours. The other two mom's get a break. That equals 3 hours of babysitting and 6 hours of personal time (to get things done or pamper yourself). We do this the first three weeks of each month.
Today was the first day and I volunteered to have the kids at my house. :) I have to admit, it was a lot easier than I thought. It helped that there was no rain, and the kids got to bundle up and play outside a little. Kyla didn't quite know what to do with three other boys (you can tell in the group photo).
I would highly recommend other stay at home moms to do the same.
Here are some of the pictures of the day.
2 comments:
Great idea! I wished we lived closed so we could do this together :(.
Jaime
Rach - what a great idea! I love that! And I love the picture of Kyla and the boys. It looks like she is rolling her eyes saying "oh my, what am I supposed to do with these boys??"
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