Not Me! Monday
Courtney


There absolutely are NOT 5 children in this house ages 3 months, 2,3,4, and 5. I would never ever, EVER keep that many kids at one time. 2 of them aren't mine, and those two aren't my least favorite right now. Just saying.

4 of those 5 children aren't sick, right now.

In the last 2 days 4 of those 5 kids have certainly not had pizza for 3 of their 4 meals. Well, that, and peanut butter and jelly. I have a large variety of food in my house as I never go a whole month without going to the grocery store, especially not around the holidays.

I am not down to 1 pullup per 2 and 3 year old. My 3 year old, who is almost 4, has been completely potty trained for a very long time. I would never allow my child to have his 4th birthday in pullups. Not me.

My husband hasn't worked 60 of the last 72 hours, and doesn't go back for a 24 hour shift tomorrow.

I haven't lost my mind completely.

I most certainly haven't attempted to clean my house 3 or 4 times in the last few days only to have it destroyed within an hour by the screaming banshees who roam my abode.

There are not 6 full black garbage bags sitting in my kitchen. There absolutely is NOT one in my living room leaning against my Christmas tree. No. Way.

I wouldn't ever, ever go so long without doing laundry as to allow my husband to completely run out of socks. The man owns porobably 50 pair, if that tells you anything.

I don't do EVERYTHING out of expediency right now. I am not literally doing everything in assembly line fashion right now. I don't lay the three in diapers down and change them one after another. I don't put all the boys in the tub and wash all their hair, then their bodies, then take them out one by one and dress them and send them to bed. I don't have three boys sleeping on pink sheets, and a girl on a sleeping mat in the living room.

My life is NOT insane right now.

I'm absolutely not planning on leaving my sick husband with all five of these children while I go out today. Okay, yes I am. We need groceries something AWFUL!

I can honestly say I've a newfound respect for MckMama, the Duggars, Jen Sparks, and any other mother who has more than the two I call my monkeys on any given day. Just sayin.
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