I've always worked with children and my have my Ed. Degree, so I've always had "working with kids" up there on my list of goals, though my degree is 100% geared to high school kids. When I had my first I was straight out of university and had no time to work before my "mat leave" and by the time I was ready to come back, there had been extreme cuts, coupled ith the fact that I couldn't sub without reliable childcare, and couldn't get reliable childcare without committing to full time. I started working with children with autism again, and though I did love the job, I hated the workplace. The politics, commute, stress and leaving my kid with someone else wasn't worth it! I do want to teach one day,but for now I'm happy to be home with my kids and have an enriching environment at home for them and their buddies (though I do get a bit jealous when my super fashionable friend drops her daughter off in the morning looking fabulous and I'm in sweats and a pony tail ).

I love being able to feed my kids what I want to, and that I have the time to cook healthy meals and try new healthy versions of things we love! I remember when I had my first ds in childcare and worked outside of the home, I barely had time or energy to cook dinner at home, let alone healthy breakfast, and snacks!

I also hugely agree with the above statements: coffee pot, yoga pants, yes, yes, yes!