This weekend constituted President’s Day weekend, which meant that my youngest daughter would be home from school for four days instead of the usual two. My sister’s kids didn’t get Friday off, which I thought was extremely unfair (you can tell I was a bit jealous about that).

The problem is that my youngest daughter has Angelman Syndrome and must be supervised at all times. I can’t take her into the kitchen so that I can clean and keep an eye on her at the same time because she will try to get in the drawers and pull out the knives, etc. Also, when I clean up her toys after she goes to school each weekday, I get to admire the well organized house. No school means that all of the toys get pulled back out as soon as I can pick them up.

I feel like I am in a state of disarray during holiday weekends. I cringe at the thought of anyone I know stopping by because I know that the house will remain a mess until school resumes.

Cleaning up each night after the kids go to bed may be an option for normal families, but my daughter wears me out. I also know that the likelihood of her sleeping through the night is slim to none, so I opt to go to sleep as soon as they do. This is definitely one of those times where you would appreciate another adult in the house so that you could keep up with all of the chores. Since I don’t have that, I must wait until school is back in session.