I HAVE NEVER FELT MORE SEEN. I pick my kids up from school two afternoons a week and I completely dread the experience of getting them out of the car/into the house/settled in the next activity. They do aftercare till 5pm one day a week which is better for my work life but also shitty because they come home even more starving and grouchy and we pretty much immediately need to eat. The other two days my husband falls on the afternoon pick-up sword. They are usually already immersed in an activity or watching TV by the time I come downstairs from my office and those are definitely the days I like them best.
Objectively I know it's a good sign that they are so exhausting because it means they probably held it together pretty well for other people but I wish there was some other parent they can be crabby on. (Also the 2 of them getting them back to one on one after a day of being offset by other kids/teachers leads to inevitable squabbling.)
As always your GIF game is on point. Kool Aid Man!
That analogy was PERFECT--better than the Bumpus dogs who at least leave the house after they eat the Christmas bird.
I HAVE NEVER FELT MORE SEEN. I pick my kids up from school two afternoons a week and I completely dread the experience of getting them out of the car/into the house/settled in the next activity. They do aftercare till 5pm one day a week which is better for my work life but also shitty because they come home even more starving and grouchy and we pretty much immediately need to eat. The other two days my husband falls on the afternoon pick-up sword. They are usually already immersed in an activity or watching TV by the time I come downstairs from my office and those are definitely the days I like them best.
Objectively I know it's a good sign that they are so exhausting because it means they probably held it together pretty well for other people but I wish there was some other parent they can be crabby on. (Also the 2 of them getting them back to one on one after a day of being offset by other kids/teachers leads to inevitable squabbling.)