a mother once said to me, "you know, i used to be a real multitasker before i had children. now, if i try to do more than one thing, i'm bound to forget something."
i can't claim to have been a great multitasker before i became a mum, but i often find motherhood requires it of me and yes, like this other mother, i find myself dropping the balls left and right as i try to juggle everything. for example, i am busy making a batch of chocolate cupcakes for Skye's birthday party. Claire is in her latest chair (the Bumbo), and Skye is busy pouring the ingredients into the mixing bowl. the phone rings and it's a call i have to take and while i'm chatting on the phone, i'm silently mouthing answers to Skye's neverending questions and mixing the cake batter. i turn on the mixer and Claire starts crying and i hang up the phone. the cake batter doesn't look quite right. it's really runny and a tad lumpy. but it tastes fine as Skye gets batter all over her face, hands and shirt as she happily licks the bowl and spatula.
well, the cupcakes are a little deflated looking and not like Martha Stewart's beautiful cupcakes you'd see in my recipe book, but i think they'll do the job of feeding hungry four year olds. i have no idea what i did wrong, but somewhere in the midst of the chaos, i put in too much of something or not enough of something else.
last night, i woke up for no apparent reason. Claire was sound asleep and i had been so tired during the day i thought i'd sleep like a log. but i was actually worried about rain. yes, it is supposed to rain tomorrow. i'm hoping the weather forecast is completely wrong and that we wake up to a beautiful sunny day for Skye's party. the kids couldn't care less about the weather, but i'm looking up the weather every hour today, just to make sure things haven't changed. i would move the rain clouds if i could! well...i guess i'll find out tomorrow.
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