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How Many Hats Do You Wear, Mama Dear?…

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multitasking mama

Being a Mama confers on so many crowns of responsibilities and these multi-tasking are meant to be executed with your hands tied behind your back, your eyes closed, with loads of grace and as cool as a cucumber. Yeah right!

It is also to be done with a flourish of excellence while trying to get your own life somewhere in the mix of playing so many roles such as:

Chief Executive of the House (after the Chairman if there is one)
Chef to fussy clients.
Housekeeper
Taxi driver without any tips.
Peace broker
All teams cheerleader.
Professional anger management manager
Secret keeper
Hair stylist
Errand girl
Laundry machine operator
Security officer
Toy repairs specialist
Teacher
Financial Manager
Art director and Model too
Poop cleaner and potty trainer
Personal Assistant to all and sundry
Day care provider
Teeth inspector
PTA champion
All and sundry family therapist
In house doctor/nurse and bruise healer
The storyteller extraordinaire with singing talents
Sleep scientist and slayer of scary monsters under the bed
Hugging and kiss champion
Stain removal and mess packer expert
Prayer warrior
Events manager
Health and Safety supervisor

…….and the list goes on endlessly!

Sometimes, I am not quite sure whether the assignments the teacher gives in school is meant for the child or for me and to test my patience.

Now, let me go and put on my draughtsman, architect, site worker hat on! We (I and my young son) have to continue his new class project of building the Dubai’s Burj Al Arab with hardboard, tin foil, colours, glues and all sorts of fun stuff. He is the main director of this act.

Work in Progress, Burj Al Arab construction. Ha! ;-)
Work in Progress, Burj Al Arab construction. Ha! 😉

It took the builders 6 years to do the original building and now we are expected to get our replica done in a few days.

As you can see from the picture by the side, it is work in progress and we are making a mangled mess of it (but having fun though).

Let’s hope it turns out fair at the end of this patience inducing exercise and then I can continue building my blog.

Enjoy the multi-tasking hats that motherhood confers on you.

How many hats do you wear so far?

© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha

In response to NaBloPoMo prompt Wednesday, November 11

What was the last thing you fixed or built?

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51 thoughts on “How Many Hats Do You Wear, Mama Dear?…”

  3. The last thing I fixed was the vacuum cleaner, to vacuum up the baking soda off the carpet when our (my) new puppy has an accident. I’ve also attempted to negotiate a detente between our two cats and Little Frank, the Mt. Vesuvius of urine, So far, so good! Thanks for the laugh, I needed it badly! As my wonderful stepson says, “it’s all good”!

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  6. Oh yes! I can completely relate, and, as they get older it doesn’t get any better, it just gets…more! Trust me on that one. Actually, when Robert started building the medusa from the London taxi, I asked him for the “for hire” sign and am making it into a lit sign for my home, because I figure that after a million years of raising children I can just about do it all. 😀

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  7. love your sense of humour. being a mum is the hardest job ever hands down anything else is fun and thats me with a teenager boy and toddler another boy. x

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      1. Your so right especially when you find out there doing so well you think I’m doing something right my shouting can’t be that bad

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  12. You’ve summed it up nicely. This is why Dr. Phil has said in the past that stay at home moms (should be “moms” in general) are worth well over $100,000/year. Look at all the jobs we perform!

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  15. I love the Chief Executive of the House! 😄LOL! But I hate being the plumber who has to clear the choked toilet 😂 I totally agree with the school’s projects: is it for the child or the parent?! LOL!😅

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  16. Geesh, too many hats but prayer warrior has definitely been on top of list for years.

    The last thing I fixed was replacing all toilet flusher systems. The last thing I built was the retaining wall in front of my house.

    Blessings, Emma

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