Fair and Balanced Parenting
We are too busy, and there is not enough time to spend with the beautiful little people in my life. This week we are adding swimming to the agenda which means we now have something extracurricular going on every night of the week (except Friday because that would be completely insane). I swore it would never be like this, but here we are with double gymnastics, swimming and church youth activities. There is not enough down time. Even when we are home it feels nearly impossible to spend individual quality time with each girl. There are always plenty of house chores and laundry to be done. There is also the matter of fact that we have an impish toddler running around who requires constant supervision and who doesn't cooperate when the big girls set up an intricate board game on the floor. (Even now as I type, there is the risk that she could, at any moment, scurry over here and press the power button on my computer.) Yesterday, after she had helped wi...