Divide and Conquer

Good morning everyone! For whatever reason I feel like I haven't slept in seven years, but that's okay because it's almost Saturday! This week has seriously flown by and I'm so glad Jason was able to help out so much with it, because I would have died if I attempted this alone. Our new routine of getting our kids to all of their activities(and school) is working better than we could have planned and I'm so thankful for that. It has given me some much needed one on one time, or two on one depending on who I have. Jason has begun taking Brooke to gymnastics every morning and takes a kid with him so he can spend some time with them while she is practicing. I honestly have no idea what he does with them, I know yesterday he took Savannah to Target for a banana and juice, but seriously don't know what they do besides that. However, the kids left with me get to pick out their own breakfast and we will play whatever they want while we wait for dad and kids to get back. It seems to be working thus far, this is the first week of our new "date day" idea. Honestly I'm just enjoying this while I can, one day our kids won't want us taking them to their activities or participating with them. Jason's new role as "taxi driver" has freed up a lot of time for me, cause you know I have a really demanding social calendar and it requires a lot of free time. It has allowed me to get some chores done, bond with the kids who don't run errands with him, and sleep in-I deserve that I work full time! Though this may not be the ideal way we raise our family, I'm glad that we are being put through this test. I think if we make it through this-you know raising nine kids on one income and fighting alcoholism-we can beat anything we get put up against.