Mondays are my big cleaning day. I do all the laundry, I usually try to clean the bathroom, and yesterday I mopped the floor. I usually never clean on the weekends because daddy is home and it is time for family fun. So I am doing all this cleaning which needs to be done, but I feel so guilty for not paying much attention to my kids. I see Ella on the couch glazed to the TV and Ollie is crawling around where ever I am trying to play with me. By the time I am done with the bulk of the laundry, and the bathroom it is time to make lunch, feed them, clean up the lunch mess and then I need to start on the kitchen floor. And back goes Ellas glaze to the TV and Ollie crawling around begging for some attention. By the time I am partially done with the kitchen floor it is just about time to put them down for a nap. So I take some snuggle time on the couch with them and then I put them down and finish up the floor and laundry.
I have comfort in my mind that usually on Mondays my sister or sometimes my mom takes the kids on Mondays and they will make up their lazy TV infused day with lots of play, snuggles with their aunt and cousins, and now that the weather is better a walk to the park. But I still feel so crappy the whole day. I don’t know if I am feeling guilty for not playing with them the whole time we are together, am I missing out on something that I will look back on in a year and go where did that time go?
I think looking back on a previous post, I still feel like I need to entertain them 24/7 and I must not feel that way, but it is really hard not to feel that way sometimes. Any advice anyone?