The Multiple Personalities of a Mother of Multiples

Oh no guys, it’s another one of those posts that come with a disclaimer.

Disclaimer- I write this post not to complain or seek pity.  I write it for 2 reasons. 

1-    It’s therapeutic for me to put my thoughts into words

2-    To offer a glimpse into our lives in an effort to “keep it real”

Now that that's out of the way, we can get on with it

I’d like to introduce to you my two personalities.  

Mommy number 1 craves order.  She requires a clean, organized house where everything is in its place, a kitchen with no crumbs on the floor or fingerprints on the fridge.  She expects the toys to go back on the appropriate shelves, books to be in the bookcase, tablets to go back in the charging station when done being used.  Mommy number 1 can breathe so much easier when the laundry is folded and put away neatly, and the laundry basket is empty.  She needs to wake up before her children to get the dishwasher unloaded, have a cup of coffee, and prep a healthy breakfast.  Mommy No. 1 swiftly doles out an appropriate punishment for the offending child and never looks the other way when her young ones are misbehaving.  She is methodical, systematic, a well oiled machine.

Mommy number 2 however, is a jumbled ball of chaos with a first class ticket on the hot mess express.  She can get along just fine without seeing the floor of the playroom.  She doesn’t care if you can’t see out of the windows because of the smudges.  Mommy number 2 can accept that you can’t park the cars in the garage because of all of the toys.  She’s fine with the laundry piling up because for now, they are just kids, and they are happy.  She sometimes turns a blind eye to the kid that colored on the wall, because there are 3 of them and she just can’t deal with it right now.  She is late for everything and feeds her kiddos mac n cheese at least 3 times a week.  She sleeps in until the kids call for her and wears her pajamas until it is time to leave the house (then she puts on dirty black leggings and sweatshirt).  This mommy can look past unmade beds because simply surviving the day is a big enough task. 

As you can guess, Mommy No. 1 v. Mommy No. 2 is an epic battle that occurs daily.  I constantly struggle to keep them both at bay.  Everyday I fight to be more organized because I have triplets and fail to be more organized because I have triplets.  My pre-motherhood type A personality needs order, but my post-motherhood reality is happy to just get everyone into bed at night in one piece.  Number 1 and Number 2 are at odds all the time.  The record against each other is about 50-50 over the last (nearly) 4 years.

 

But, do you want to hear the good news? The good news is that, I’m the best mommy my kids will ever have.  Hudson told me so the other day.  Completely unprompted and out nowhere, he proclaimed, “You are the just right Mommy for me.  Not too big, and not too small.” 

Thanks, buddy.  You are the perfect children for me, too.    

The kiddos, Solack are growing like weeds, and climbing trees!

Huddy Monkey

Sloanie Monkey

Dylie Monkey

They attended their first kids birthday party.  One that was mostly for kids, not just family.

You guys, our neighborhood makes seriously cute kids

They went to the zoo with their friends, and somehow aged 5 years in the process

I have no idea where Sloane learned to pose like that.
Not pictured, Huddy

We hope everyone has a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend!  Stay tuned next week, when the topic is sure to be the Memorial Day Parade the kids will be IN (not just spectators anymore)!