I feel like I have my own day care center here.. 5 kids.. you can just imagine how it is. 4 of them are mine while the plus one is my sister’s who lives with me. Bathing them alone takes 30 minutes of my time. Every morning we need to prepare the 3 oldest to get ready for school and almost every afternoon I had to teach them to prepare them for the next day’s lesson.. wait did I say day care? I take it back.. I mean my own school! But I am not complaining. In fact I am more than thankful for having 4 kids and of course for having my nephew here. This is what I want to do ever since.. I really want to have a big family, lot of kids.. lots of laughter. I do not know where I got my patience, I enjoy playing pretend with them, doing art works, teaching them, spending an afternoon recreating their lessons for them to understand well. I love cutting papers and creating images that they will love or as simple as making an alphabet chart for them. I love doing it all but..
The thing is, sometimes I wish I don’t have to work online.. I do enjoy writing and blogging specially when I get to interact with stay at home moms like me.. work at home moms as well.. but the burden of having to earn makes it a bit hard for me. The pressure of deadline tasks against spending more time with the kids or doing some artworks for them is very stressful for me. I wish I can be like other moms who’s blog earning are merely for their hobby, travel or shopping.. if that would be the case I wouldn’t mind having no hobby at all or having not to travel or having no fashionable shoes to wear.. I would rather spend my time with my kids..
Part of my earnings also goes for my mom.. so even if I want to stop earning, I can’t. In a way, I am more satisfied now than I was before.. I get to earn a little and able to help my mom and still spend time with my kids since I work at home.. well there goes the saying, You just can’t have it all..
Mylene M. Calleja says
September 7, 2011 at 2:43 pmwow I envy you, how I wish I can handle such situation as patient as you, I only have two kids, one was teenager and a 3 year old one, super kulit at daig ko pa ang may 5 babies, I am a fulltime mom, how i wish i can work to have an extra income to help my husband and also my father, I salute you!!:)
Mom-Friday says
September 7, 2011 at 5:52 pmI like your new layout Peh! 😉
I can;t imagine how difficult it is for you at time…that’s why I prefer not accept writing projects kasi ayaw ko ng stress and pressure to write without the inspiration and motivation, esp. if it’s a regular writing/blogging assignment 🙂
Good luck to you!
LOURDES ESPANOL says
September 7, 2011 at 11:03 pmI admire you for having the energy to do all those tasks and still have time for your kids and nephew.
Chris says
September 8, 2011 at 12:15 ambeing a work at home mom is no easy task – and of course, being a mom itself is a HUGE task to begin with! 😀 way to go marce for everything that you have done for your family through blogging 🙂
and of course, for everyone you have helped along the way in the blogsphere 🙂
pehpot says
September 8, 2011 at 10:06 amhuge talaga as in! and I salute moms like you who are into homeschooling.
Cielo of Brown Pinay says
September 8, 2011 at 9:07 amI do admire you sis for managing your household effectively….
Continue to inspire others thru your stories, tips, and kwentong madami
pehpot says
September 8, 2011 at 9:26 amThanks Mare!
momee gee says
September 8, 2011 at 7:25 pmwaaah.. ako ngkakaproblema rin.. kc online addict at the same time mama.. but bilib ako sau.. isa lang anak ko.. pero ikao 4 nahahandle mo pa rin kahit mahirap.. ako nahahandle naman pero naisip ko pano na lng kung dalwa tatlo o apat anak ko. tsak d ko makahawak sa computer.. hahahha
Jasmin says
September 9, 2011 at 12:09 pmSabi nila you ca’ have the best of both worlds, but how come Mommy Peh you have achieved it? So proud of you 🙂
Jasmin says
September 9, 2011 at 12:10 pmSabi nila you can’t have the best of both worlds, but how come Mommy Peh you have achieved it? So proud of you
Ane says
September 9, 2011 at 10:18 pmOh my goodness! 5 kids?! I only have 2 and they drive me over the edge! LOL 😀 I love my kids, but it is hard work! 😛 I don’t recommend motherhood to anyone because fact is, it’s not for the weak.. 😀
Wow, 5 kids! 😀 How do you do it? 😛
I wish I don’t have to work too, but, we truly need it, but at least I get to work from home, so it’s not so bad, but I wish I had more than 24 hours in a day, and I wish time would go by slower, I feel that I don’t have enough time in a day, is that weird? 😛
Anyway, wow, 5 kids! Galing! I so admire you more! 🙂
Yami says
September 10, 2011 at 3:09 pmYou are younger than me, but I admire your patience in dealing with kids as well as for managing and balancing your time well amidst the demand of household work and online job.
Kudos to a supermom like you, mare. 🙂
Mom from Manila says
September 11, 2011 at 10:34 ami was a stay at home mom on my kid’s first 3 years.. i decided to go to work because i want to somehow help my sick mom then…yung konting pamasahe pag nagpapagamot sya or pambili ng food pag me hospital trip kami..
gusto ko nga ulit itry ang pagka SAHM or WAHM..hopefully before the end of this year…wanna focus on the kid and the dad syempre…
wish ko lang matagalan ko, hehe!
Lorraine Cinco says
September 12, 2011 at 2:37 pmYour kids are so lucky to have you as their mother.. 🙂 I want to be like you someday ^^
Kat says
September 14, 2011 at 2:48 pmI only have 1 kid and I can’t even imagine what it is to have 5. But my dream is to put up a day care, seriously. Maybe I’ll learn a lot from you in the long run.
Next time I’m near your area, pwede ko ba iwan din sa iyo little girl ko??? hehehehe muah!
pehpot says
September 14, 2011 at 4:07 pmhahaha hindi nga day care to eh.. isang school na! iba iba ang level eh haha
hay naku nose bleed ako kay Maka no!
Kat says
September 14, 2011 at 4:11 pmHindi na! Tuturuan ko na sya magFiipino paunti unti. I’m thinking this is the right age na for her kasi medyo solid na ang english nya 😉 Sabayan ko na rin ng Spanish courtesy of Dora!
Kat says
September 14, 2011 at 2:50 pmOh and please don’t quit blogging. Ang dami naming natutulungan mo and we appreciate you very much, as a mom and a teacher, just like your kids 😀
pehpot says
September 14, 2011 at 4:07 pmI will not quit.. will just mellow down on on paid posting 🙂
Kat says
September 14, 2011 at 4:10 pmYay thank you. You’re such a great asset to the community and most of can’t won’t learn as much if it weren’t for you.
Basta one way or another we’ll get there, makukuha rin natin ang ating kitchen pot sets!
Mitchteryosa says
September 14, 2011 at 4:46 pmI admire you sis! Grabe di ko kaya yan, makukulot ako haha!