NOT so stay at home mom

The other day, as my cousin was talking about his wife and what an amazing stay at home mom she is, I admitted that I am NOT that great. I'm really not...I guess it's because I'm not a stay at HOME mom. So, I giggled and said he would hate to come home to my house...sometimes my husband probably questions if he has walked into the right house.

Today, a friend sent me a link to a beautifully written article admiring stay at home Moms...honored to be thought of, but I can't really take all that credit. I feel like that whole staying at home part IS stressful, that's why I've never given it a chance. I'd like to call myself the NOT so stay at home mom....NSAHM, mkay?
I guess I should have filled my husband in on that...poor guy, expected to come home, seeing a perfectly groomed household and children. THOSE are the women I admire....and I know some of them too, so I admire them like crazy. Beautiful house, well behaved kids, you go girls! However, we are more of an out and about crew.

That's right. NSAHM's are a rare breed. When all hell breaks loose, we get the eff out of the damn house....and don't care where that outing is, the store, the park, the gym, the zoo, the grandparents, as long as we are not in the GD house. I've always been that way, but now that there are two little ones, that doesn't even deter me from snatching them up and running out of the house! haha.
To me, it seems like my kids are better behaved OUTSIDE the house...they probably just need a break, as well.
Hell, even my teenager. Yep, let me ask him a question in this house..attitude. Then, let me ask him the same damn question in front of a room full of people...polite as could be...people even compliment me on how well mannered he is!
The toddler...they are a rare breed, as it is, let me ask her not to do something at home...a full on tantrum plagues us. Outside the home, just the thought that we may return home straightens her up like a soldier. It is unreal, at times, to see how well she will behave if she thinks we're going to leave and come home.
The baby. As long as he is being worn, he could care less where he is. Yep, the little one is always the easiest!!! ...and they tell you the opposite to keep you from having more.HA!

Maybe our house sucks and that's why my kids seem to prefer getting out.haha... I doubt that. Or maybe I just taught my kids to behave outside the home. Meh, I don't know, either way, I am happy to be out of the house a majority of the time. If I knew the term "stay at home mom" actually meant staying home...I probably wouldn't have signed up.
But, the fact that I get to spend the day with my children, no matter where we are, every single day, I am so blessed. I couldn't imagine it any other way.

And when Daddy comes home, it's ON!!!

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