Mummyhood

Last week I was just a mom.  In fact, the day this photo was taken was the first time I left the house in several days.  It was for Jubilee's end of year celebration and she almost didn't make it, not because she wasn't smart enough, but because she had the flu.  Her little body was able to recover and ...Here is our new 2nd grader!  She is minus a tooth since we took this picture.  It's amazing that girl can still chew.

The boys didn't really feel like celebrating and found something better to do...

Anyway, I was just a mom.  I spent a good 24 hours cleaning up vomit, both my boys had huge purple and blue bumps on their foreheads from falling off the sofa, and I found myself playing "Rambo" with messes like this...

Which actually doubled as my husbands "crazy hair" for crazy hair day at school.  My husband applied his new "Rambo" skill on our roach infestation.  Ahhh, the joys of city life!

Did you know that people in Cairo keep animals on their rooftops?  I was reminded of this while playing "mommy nurse" at 4:00 am.  I could hear a rooster singing along with the call of prayer.  Most of the time all I hear are car horns and the clanking sound of men hitting wrenches on propane tanks trying to make a sale.  Along with roosters, chickens, and pigeons (Egyptian's birds of choice for food), people keep goats and sheep rooftop too.   Once, a friend of ours even told us a story about a cow that jumped off the balcony of a building.  It is also common to be driving through the city and see scenes like this...

Growing up in the mountains, I often find myself craving nature.  With so many people around, nature has a tendency to blend into the background.  It was nice to hear that rooster and it was nice to be just a mom.