Well - I am sitting here half dead basically, feeling a bit anti-climax......

For the past two weeks, I have had 5 kids from the one family whilst their elder sibling has had the foot/mouth/hand infection which is highly contagious, she caught it from her school...  risks were taken tho when I had to go to school for 7 hours two wednesdays running, so the eldest was banished to her room in an attempt to keep the young uns away from her.  As it is none of the other children were affected thank goodness especially as the school holidays start today   .... during this time I have very quickly learnt jst how hard it is to keep each and every child happy and my own daughter did find it hard at times having to 'share' mum... but she pulled thru like the lil trooper she is... the meals started out as a challenge scraping through with what I had and what their mum was able to help provide.

I can see why the mother gets so worn out and tired by the constant demands from each child lol, but I made it clear I was not their mother and was not going to give in to their demands and what they get is what they get and tears and tantrums dont cut it with me lol... consequently they quietened down realising I was not going to budge.

Yes I am very tired but happy knowing the kids are returning to their mum tonight... still feels 'empty' in a way now without the two youngest here lol.. I have a lot of respect for the mothers of large families even more so now - but no thanks I dont think I could cope with it for much longer lol, might be different if they were my own children.... ok am rambling on here arent I lol, one thing is I will miss having them here day in and day out but now its time for me, gonna pamper myself soon I think somehow lol............

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