I walked in to put the kids to bed the other night and found this note on the white board in our 6 year old’s room.
No idea why she chose to write Tom instead of Daddy. 🙂
Someone is missing Daddy. Earlier in the week my chef/husband came home to find this on his nightstand. (more…)
A family of 5 living on one income, the income of a chef . . . I would guess you’re either thinking, “How in the world do you do that? You must be crazy!” Or ,“We’re doing that too and I know you’re crazy!” (Or I guess you could be thinking, “Wow! Her chef/husband must be a Food Network star.” He’s not.)
I say that jokingly, but really, I do feel like we are a bit crazy.
In the series, A Chef, a Wife and a Child, one of the questions I asked was, “What has been the hardest part for you and your chef/husband with the addition of a little one to your family?”
The #1 thing for us, without a doubt, was adjusting to living on one income. This is by far too big of an issue to get buried in another post. So here we are! (more…)
Tonight, we’ve come to the end of the series, A Chef, a Wife and a Child. Thank you for all the emails and comments as you’ve shared with me and my readers your joys and struggles about raising a family with a chef.
Tonight, it’s my turn to answer the 5 questions. . .
Tell me a little about yourself and your spouse.My name is Jennifer and I’ve been married to my chef/husband for 19 years. My husband started working in a professional kitchen about 6 months after we got married. He is now an Executive Chef/Culinary Directory for a restaurant group in Seattle and I stay home full time with our girls. I do a little website development and blogging from home as I have the time.
It’s that time of year again . . . time for the kids to head back to school. I’m full of mixed emotions this year as the kids started back. My first emotion is WOOHOO! I love routine and our family seems to operate better when we have things to do. The house will also be less messy, so less housework and with all 3 kids in school this year, I’ll have a few hours a couple times a week to myself.
While the kids are away the moms will play!
Then I start to think about how that routine means less time as a family and especially with my chef/husband. And there goes my excitement! (Although taking the picture above to “celebrate” the start of school will always bring a smile to my face.)
This past week my chef/husband was able to move his schedule around so he could take the girls to the bus stop and to school on the first day. He also happened to be off on Thursday and was able to go with us to Kindergarten orientation in the middle of the day which was nice.
Ready for work, but at the bus stop!!
The reality of combining a traditional school schedule and the job of a chef is not a pretty picture. They don’t go very well together. They don’t emulsify very well. (Sorry . . . I couldn’t resist.) We try really hard to make it work, but sometimes there are tears and there are many conversations about the hours daddy works to provide for us. 2 of our girls are now in school full day and our youngest goes for half the day. Unless my chef/husband has a weekend day off, they don’t get to see him much. I’m not ready for that part of the routine. There’s still hope something might be different with his new position, but I’ve learned to not get my hopes up. If better days off or different hours happen, that would be great! If not, we’ll keep working around the schedules. What else can we do? (more…)
Every month on the 10th day, I grab my camera and capture my day with 10 pictures.
Today was not my typical day. Why? Because my husband was off! Woohoo!! We were able to spend the day together as a family and he’s actually in a few of the pictures this month! AMAZING!!
Our morning started off a bit different. We woke up and it was just my chef/husband and I in the house! The girls spent the night at my aunt’s house so we could go out on a date last night. (A Saturday night . . . that was strange . . . new job . . . hmmmm.) So morning coffee in a quiet house. How lovely!
Chef Wife, Mother of 3 and the Blogger behind EmulsifiedFamily.com.
