I have an 11 year old son I also have an 11 year old step son, a 4 year old son and my daughter will be 3 in August (they are 15 months apart). From the time I wake up till the time I go to bed I am with the kids (my 11 year old obviously is in school). My 4 year old will be starting preschool this September. I was hesitant to put him in pre-school for a couple reasons. 1. I don't want to let go. 2. They are half days everyday so I would have to go to the school at 8am 12pm and 3pm everyday, I would be doing nothing but going back and fourth to the school, I would never get my work done. My two youngest kids still sleep with me (I know that's bad). When they were newborns I was so terrified of SIDS that I would sleep right next to them with my hand on their chest. The kids and myself got use to this. Now they fall asleep with me and I put them in their own beds once in a while. I wind up getting a worse night sleep when they are in their own beds because I'm up all night checking on them. I know this is a whole other issue, I am a paranoid person. I probably need a very talented shrink to fix all my "problems" lol, but who has the time or money for that.

What I cook are my own recipes. I don't do well fallowing recipes with the exception of baking I need a recipe for that. I cook mostly chicken and seafood. Once in a while I cook beef. My weekness is the pastas and breads. I don't have a whole lot of snacks in the house, because of my tendency to snack. I do have lots of fruits for the kids. I don't think what I eat is too bad (with the exeption of the carbs) as to how much I eat. My Mom's house is terrible, she has all kinds of snacks and she's always pushing food down everyones throats. All family function revolve around food it's so hard to be good and not engorge.

I don't want you to have to back track anything. I do appriciate the offer.