One of the great probably not-so-secret secrets to enjoying
parenthood is to ENJOY parenthood ie: do enjoyable stuff. As much
enjoyable stuff as you can possibly do.
I have resigned myself to the fact that I cannot put in a decent work day or get much of anything done with my nanny temporarily out of comish.
So, now that I'm once again a stay at home mom, I've been less obsessed
with nap schedules and more interested in having fun-- planning
adventures. Great adventures and small adventures and anything I can
think of that Archer might find interesting, even if it means hanging
out in pet stores for hours watching hooded rats sniff the corners of
their cages, or pulling over when lost to run around an abandoned park
in search of trees to hug. (Archer's going through a serious
tree-hugging phase.)
There is a horribly cheesy quote that has been passed around fourteen
squillion times about "dancing like no one is looking" made famous by
chain mail spam and high school girl's yearbook pages but there is a
lot of truth in those trite, overused words.
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