One Secret to a Working Mom Success: Make Family Events More Enjoyable With Friends

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Better Together: Why Inviting Another Family Makes Activities More Fun #FamilyFun Sometimes family activities can feel like another item on the to-do list. However, doing those activities with another family makes them more fun! Whether it’s a trip to an amusement park , a visit to the local pool , or trip to a pumpkin patch , including another family can multiply the fun in amazing ways. One of my favorite moms to collaborate with is my friend, Ayana Ledford who's pictured above with her daughter Sahar. We have done all of the things listed as seemingly random examples above and here is how including her and her daughter (and sometimes her son too) has made the events more fun. On the date above, Ayana almost left the venue because parking was a nightmare. That said, she hung in there and we would up having a great time!
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Time Flies When you Have a Toddler!

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Like most working people I have always thought that weekends go by too fast.  Before, I had so many planned social engagements and telephone calls, but so little time.

I’m not sure what happened to all of those social engagements.  I think that I have fallen off of a lot of invite lists because I have declined too many times.  Apparently the rest of the world was still living and partying while I was pregnant, giving birth and learning to be a mom.  My blog follower Anthony Stemke (http://gritsandgroceries.blogspot.com)  says that I am a very good mom.  That’s one of the things I enjoy about blogging.  You make contacts with people who validate you.  Seeing how I haven’t had another performance appraisal for my mom job, I am going with Andrew’s assessment!

Back to the time thing.  Now, I no longer just lament how fast weekends fly.  I am also increasingly amazed at how fast entire weeks and months just zoom by in a blink of an eye.  I think it’s the breastfeeding, pumping, diaper changing, baby baths, cleaning sweet potatoes off of the floor after they have been flung by a toddler who has reached her limit.  There are also my daily appearances at work, board meetings, and my need to bathe and feed myself.  As my mom says, motherhood is more than a notion!

Anyway, in case the end of January has snuck up on you too, I thought I’d point out that there are less than 48 hours left in the first month of 2012.  Where did the time go?! 

If you are behind on your goals/resolutions/plans like I am.  You better hurry up! Then again, let’s make a pact and resolve not to beat ourselves up about coming in late on a few of our goals.  We may have been delayed because of something wonderful like watching our child walk for the first time, playing blocks or reading stories.  Time flies so you have to be sure to catch those special moments.

Here’s to February! 

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K. Elizabeth @ YUMMommy said…
It is hard to believe that this month is pretty much gone. If this is any indication of how fast this year is going to fly by then I'm trying to keep a camera handy to capture every moment.
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Diane - It's All Good Until You Burn Dinner said…
Bathe and feed yourself? Maybe some day. I think I finally took the first shower I'd had in 12 years when my son started middle school.

Okay...it's not that bad but YES. Raising children is such a busy time and it does indeed go so fast. Unbelievably fast...

Enjoy every minute.
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