TenishaD, The battle of my household

My days as a housewife has been one of love, chaos, and craziness. To say the least being a stay at home mom is never boring its the adventure of a lifetime. I feel like I am in the army I do more by 5am than most do all day. My husband works a fulltime job, my 5 years old is in kindergarten, my 2 years old receives speech therapy and my 3 years old will soon be venturing off to pre- kindergarten. Okay, its not like I am jumping from a plane, but I am in a war.

The war to keep a well kept household, and it is a battle everyday. I spend most of my time tending to the children and trying to keep my house clean. That makes it a 1 against 4 battle. I pull out the weapons like any mother does, the iron, the broom, the mop you name it, but the offense seems to always get ahead not only because I am out numbered, but the husband and kids use small torture tactics. They do little small actions all day long to drive me to the breaking point, walking across my freshly mopped floor, leaving the cap off the toothpaste, spilling juice on the carpet, and leaving the trash can full.

The enemy is out to get me so I must keep my eyes open and be on the defense. My reflexes are like a cats I look cautiously around corners and always wait for their approach and its never the same. Sometimes its a single attack, but most times it comes from all areas. While I cook dinner the enemy targets me, "mom mom mom mom mom I'm hugary is it time to eat", "baby, have you seen my wallet", " Alex keeps hitting me". I try to see a reasonable way to deal with the issues at hand and I find an out, "everybody go to your rooms I'll call you when dinner is ready. I have won this battle but not for long, So daily I sit and I work on my wartime tactics and read to up my techniques because being a wife and mother is a war I plan to win.