Being a SAHM

Well, I have officially been a SAHM for about a week now. The kiddos have been mine, cause well, Stephen has been getting ready for classes to start and has been rather absent both physically and mentally, HA! I must say, it is exactly what I thought it would be (yes, I know it has only been a week, but I believe in first impressions ;). I have really enjoyed getting to spend all day with them and see them interact, play, laugh, wrestle, share, not share, play hide-n-seek together, teach each other things etc. Kinleigh is at a great age and is OB.SESSED with 'baby Liam.' She loves everything about him, all that he does and more! It amazes me that she always wants him with her. Liam is also at a great age and loves his big sister very much! He is also enjoying his own room and starting to learn how to play more independently, which is FABULOUS! All of these things are things that I love seeing and just watching from the sidelines. Now, with all that, Kinleigh is going to start daycare on monday at the Auburn University Early Learning Center. It is the on campus daycare and she will go from 8:30-3:30 to get her used to a structured day for when she starts kindergarten (I cannot believe that is almost here).  So, it will just be Liam and I which will be a lot of fun! I know what you are thinking, 'you are staying at home but sending your child to daycare?' Yes, yes I am. She is bored beyond belief. She has been in daycare or with someone else since I went back to work when she was 3 months old and so she loves socialization and learning and the structure of activities at school, meeting new people, adventures etc. We used this summer to judge whether to put her in since I was going to be at home or keep her out. Our decision was very simple to make, send her to daycare. She asks every day about when she gets to go back to school, if she will have new friends, why can't she see her old friends, why can't she go to school etc. etc. She likes daycare, she needs daycare and she thrives in daycare. Now Liam has never been and will be held out until kindergarten. He doesn't know the difference and I would rather have this time with him! Anyways, I love being at home, I feel grateful to get to stay at home with them and I realize that not all moms get this chance. It comes with TONS of sacrifices and lots of compromises/adjustments in our roles as parents and partners. All of these things I am okay with and am excited about for us as a family and for me as a mother/wife/human being! They are only little once and I don't want to miss anymore of it. I want to soak it up! 
So needless to say, it is everything I thought it would be and more. There are times of great frustration, great reward, moments of patience being tested, moments of pure innocence, thoughts of 'woosah,' while rubbing my temples and thoughts of, 'Oh, you really do love each other!' All of it is worth it and you can't always have the good and no bad. It is definitely a 'Mind over matter' kind of situation and if you don't mind, it don't matter ;)