As a mom-of-4-illustrator, I kept a daily diary of drawings of these unique and strange quarantine-days. I guess many will recognize scenes from their own life with toddlers and kids... By popular demand, I translated my drawings in English.
It started all in March when our country went to lockdown. I totally freaked out by the thought that schools would be closed for a long time. For 8 weeks, I have 4 toddlers (Bob, Morris, and twins Pepa and Colette) with a full agenda of deadlines as a writer and illustrator of children’s books. But I’m still alive, my hair looks wild, I took some pounds and must admit I had more then a few goods laughs with my bunch.
From day one of this quarantine, I made a daily drawing at the breakfast table. A lot of it really happened (like the FaceTime incident with the teacher!), some of it was just thoughts that crossed my mind. I posted them on my Instagram and got like tons of messages of working moms and dads who recognized themselves in the drawings. So I kept going. I hope you enjoy it too!
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Facetime
Personal Development
Look Look Look Look Look, Mommy
Mom Mom Mom
Gardening
Oh yes, it gets very hot in the garden so you have to rest your muscles and rehydrate frequently!
Steve
Shopping
Board Games
Hiding
"There's no one named Mom here!" Thats what I say. They never believe me.
Actually, Mom
Names
My mother would merge the names just using the first part until she ended up with the right child. So Anna, Susan, Liam and Eddy (for example) Eddy would be called Ansulieddy. Only Anna benefitted from the exact name experience.
My mum would just go through everyone's names (including the dogs') until she got to your's. My youngest sister would always get called the dog's name. It's a sign of love lol.
Omg! Same here, except my mom calls me my father's name every time. And when we were kids & she started calling us, we each somehow knew which one of us she wanted even though we were all in different rooms.
Load More Replies... When I was young we were all called Jim, except George he was called Charles.
My grandma used to combine her kids names with mine so Terri Tom and Amanda would be Teromanda. My little brother Billy she just called Jason.
My mother has leaned out the window and yelled "[Brother's Name]! Stop Barking!" She, my brother, and the dog were the only ones living there at the time...
I remember once how my Grandmother called her 7 kids names, followed by 3 grandchildren. Instead of going for another round of her offspring, she went through the pet's names. I had to laugh out loud.
Yeah, I have five siblings and have learned to respond to the name of each one of them since the first five names my parents call are never the right one.
I only had two. They both had two names. Theirs and each other’s. I’d always use the wrong one first.
LOL that is my life right now with my 3 yr old and 5 yr old.
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WAHAHAHAAHAH!!!!! I am one of 4 daughters. I always said to my mom to stick to one name. Some one will appear eventually.
And my kids are pajames or japatrick... so i totally get it.
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Holiday Budget
Oh, I so get cruising through online "stores" instead of shopping at the Mall!
Houseparty
I Want A Cookie
Mommy Can't Handle It
Cookie
Homework
Cleaning
In South Africa only essential items like certain toiletries and medical equipment and meds and groceries were allowed to be sold on-line. NO clothes
Being in lockdown with four small kids underfoot could make anybody a supporter of Planned Parenthood!
im 1 of 4 kids... i think my moms gonna need a separate budget for wine lol
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omg so cute! i love the way you draw your hair- it perfectly expresses the mood.
Yep. I only have 2, but sometimes they feel like 4 (or 10). That being said, my little one played a game last night where he 'ran away' from me and turned around. I said bye bye and waved. He came sprinting back, flung himself at me and gave me the biggest hug. We did this over and over and each hug was just as enthusiastic as the last. I try to remember those hugs when I'm ready to pull my hair out because the house looks like a warzone, the whining has reached epic levels and there's still 3 hours before sweet, blessed bedtime.
Being in lockdown with four small kids underfoot could make anybody a supporter of Planned Parenthood!
im 1 of 4 kids... i think my moms gonna need a separate budget for wine lol
Load More Replies... omg so cute! i love the way you draw your hair- it perfectly expresses the mood.
Yep. I only have 2, but sometimes they feel like 4 (or 10). That being said, my little one played a game last night where he 'ran away' from me and turned around. I said bye bye and waved. He came sprinting back, flung himself at me and gave me the biggest hug. We did this over and over and each hug was just as enthusiastic as the last. I try to remember those hugs when I'm ready to pull my hair out because the house looks like a warzone, the whining has reached epic levels and there's still 3 hours before sweet, blessed bedtime.
