Having a newborn and 2 x 4 year olds is insane and really difficult.
One wants to nap every 2 hours or so, and the others can't even sit still for 2 minutes.
Throw summer into the mix and life is shitty and hard and boring (at times) and leaves me feeling like I am a crap parent. Herding 3 humans is hard and one can barely move! URGH.
On Friday I was brainstorming things we could do on the upcoming hot weekend with all 5 of us... and came up with the idea of going to the pool. I don't know why I forget about the pool all the time, it's only a few kilometers away. It's outside and there are 4 pools there (big one, lap one, kids one, toddler one). Baby can sleep in the pram.
So on Saturday morning we went! At 9:30am.
It was AWESOME.
(she says, not having been to a pool for about 20 years)
We loved it so much we went back this morning too!
I cannot remember the last time I went out in public in a bathing suit (a long time ago) but yesterday and today I did it. And it was ok. I figure that I have 3 kids so what is anyone expecting, really? And it doesn't really matter anyway. And no-one even cared and neither did I!
The boys had such a good time there that I think I could take three of them by myself (Max obviously not swimming yet), but the setup is good enough that I can watch them easily whilst sitting in the shade.
Yay for pools!
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Funny how we think everyone is going to stare and judge us in a bathingsuit and nobody is even paying attention to the things we feel the most insecure about. I'm the same way- and also about my feet. I feel like they're huge and if I wear colorful shoes everyone is staring, but nobody really is, it's just in my head. Good for you for not worrying about such nonsense. I'm sure all anyone was paying attention to was your beautiful face anyway :)
ReplyDeleteIt's funny how we think everyone can see things (probably) only we can see.
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