Staying Home vs. Working

First, I have to say that I love being home. 

I love spending all day, everyday with my kids.

 I love watching them explore and play.

 I enjoy taking them out to the zoo, museum, and parks. 

I love waking up and having the kids in the bed with me snuggling.  

I love not having to HAVE to do anything in a day, I dictate my own schedule. 

I love that I get this opportunity every year during school breaks and summer vacation.

I really love these two kiddos! 

If you ask me right now if I am excited to go back to work, I would say no. Look at all the things I will be missing out on each day. But, I love what I do. I love teaching and being challenged to figure out how to get kids to understand new things. 

I love what I do. I could stay home, we could make it work. But I love teaching too much. I miss the classroom. While I am not excited to go back next week because I will miss seeing my kids, I look forward to the routine and the joy that I get from being there. Even though I know my students are tough this year, I look forward to seeing what I can accomplish with them. 

Then, in 7 months I get to be a stay at home mom again come summer break. 

I guess it is the best of both worlds.