Witching hour... how I survive!

Witching hour... Ahhhhh!!!  It's when everything goes from manageable to out of freeking control!!!   After having #3, it only got worse.  Trying to juggle the needs of two toddlers and an infant.  What was I thinking???  Here is how I do it.   


#3 has always been into books, so if I come up with something to distract #'s 2 and 3, she will keep herself entertained in another room doing the book thing.

#2 is into pretend play right now.  We were lucky enough to get a play kitchen as a Christmas gift two years ago, and I'm telling you... if you have the space, it is WELL worth it.  She will spend hours in front of this kitchen pretending to wash dishes, cook breakfast/lunch/dinner, or feed her baby doll in the highchair (not pictured).    

#1 is still a little one, so all I have to do to prevent cries is stick toys on the tray to his high chair and he'll entertain himself until dinner is ready.  Right now, he likes to bang things.  It doesn't matter what it is.  A spoon, cup, toy car... or just his fists.  He is a total boy!  Bang bang bang is all he does! 

Tonight, I made a fairly simple dish.  One that should have taken about 15 minutes.  All I had to do is boil pasta and make a sauce for it with spinach, tomato, cheese and cream.  The longest part about it was boiling the water and letting it cook.  While that was happening, I would make the sauce, and we were good to go!  Ding dong!!!  I was wrong!  It took me a good 45 minutes.  I was lucky the pasta didn't turn to mush... 

My life is chaotic to say the least, but the most important lesson I have to remind myself of daily is this.  Do your best to nourished your children with heatlhy food, keep them warm and make sure they are happy (generally speaking... ha ha).  If you can do that, you are doing fine!  


My kids are warm,  happy, and I made a meal that was 1) edible, 2) colorful and 3) packed with vitamins and nutrients for my growing family.  Oh... and 4) we ate at the table together and talked about our day.  Food to nourish our bodies and conversation to nourish our souls! 

Cheers!