Spinning plates

Sometimes I feel like motherhood is a circus, ;)

And I am in the spinning plate act. 

Each one of my children and my tasks is a plate spinning on a stick. 

When I remember this my day goes much smoother.

  So for example, today I was feeding my baby

 And my five-year-old, Miss Sweetie had cut her toe while playing outside, and blood was running everywhere. 

I had to put my baby down and take care of her toe.

 I thought I was supposed to be 'spinning the plate' and taking care of my baby but instead I had to set him down and take care of her. 

It was funny though because my baby didn't even fuss as I took care of her even though he was hungry. 

It was like he knew it was her turn to be taking care of, and he could wait. 

It doesn't always work like that though sometimes I feel like all the plates are going to come crashing down around me. 

That's when I feel like I have to give each plate a tiny spin, and give each person who needs me a little bit of attention. 

I've decided it's much easier running around working as hard as possible trying to keep all my plates spinning, 

then it is to forget and let a plate come crashing down and try to glue it back together.
Sometimes motherhood sure is tiring!