My "Do-er" Issues

We have had an extremely busy last few weeks.  Pretty much every day for as long as I can think back, we have had something going on that meant we had to get dressed and leave the house.  Some days we have had multiple things going on.  Now these are all good and fun things, but they all add up and start to wear everyone out a bit.

Today we had nothing going on until 5:30 p.m.  I was all geared up to have a completely relaxing day in.  I even let Gracyn keep her night gown on this morning which I rarely ever do.  I almost always dress all the kids and fix their hair first thing in the morning regardless of what is going on.  So, I was relaxing on the couch enjoying my coffee while Ethan and Gracyn played and Avery napped and I thought how nice this day in was going to be and that we weren't going to do a thing.  Not even 5 minutes later I was looking to see if there was a storytime at the library today.  Then, Avery woke up from her nap and I quickly got everyone's shoes on, got Gracyn dressed, and loaded everyone in the car to head to the library for storytime.  What is the matter with me?!

We had a great time at the library.  Ethan and Gracyn were super excited to go because they had not been since preschool started back up this fall.  We listened to books about snow and the kids got stickers and got to play the bongo drums.  Ethan has such a great attention span and listened intently to all the stories.  Gracyn listened pretty well but can't sit still or go 30 seconds without talking.  No idea where she gets that from :-)  Avery was pretty active and liked the dancing and drums the best.    After storytime I let each of the kids check out a book to take home.  Ethan picked one about trains, Gracyn didn't pick quickly enough so I just grabbed one for her with a little girl and a crazy dog, and Avery got a book about colors.

I am in a Moms N Tots group and we have been doing a study with the book And Then I Had Kids by Susan Yates.  It is a great book and I am really enjoying everything I am learning.  One of the things I have learned is that as moms we tend to fall into one of two categories: "be-ers" and do-ers".  Be-ers are able to relax and enjoy the moment.  A do-er is an overachiever that equates progress with self-worth.  Do-ers try to balance everything and "do it all".  I will admit that I am totally a do-er!  I can't even relax and enjoy a morning at home without feeling like I should be doing something.  Lol!