So long story short my mom has full custody of my niece and nephews (9, 6 and 1 year) and she works.

We planned on having a party 8-17 which is basically today. She shows up at my house and made me feel obligated to watch them because “they won’t be able to go to the party and have fun until like 6pm because she’s working”

Understandable BUT I have 4 kids. (6, 4, 2 and 1)

I’ve been rushing all day yesterday to try and get things together. I wasn’t able to clean my yard like I wanted to or clean the house. I was planning on blowing up balloons tonight because that would’ve been easier for me.

But I’m stuck watching 3 extra kids.. my kids won’t sleep and my niece and nephews won’t either.

Mind you, we have 2 bedrooms and one bathroom. We don’t have space for extra people. My husband and 2 of my kids had to sleep in the living room.

I am a people person and it’s hard for me to say ‘no’ 😭 my mom asked my sister and brother (who don’t have kids) if they can watch the kids and they said they are busy. I don’t get it… I feel obligated and I am my mom’s only village. I feel bad for her… but I feel like I have to do what’s best for me and my family..

I can’t decorate the party like I want to… if I need to run an errand and get something, I can’t. I’m writing this at 12:37 am completely exhausted because these kids won’t sleep for nothing 😭😭

Tomorrow when I should be setting everything up and blowing balloons, I’ll be chasing after TWO babies (mine and my nephew) and the other kids because mine don’t listen when they are here.. my nephew is clingy and so is my 1 year old so I’m dreading it AND they wake up at 5 am 😭 which is off schedule for my family who wakes up at 9 am so my kids won’t have fun tomorrow because they will be grouchy