Split in FIVE Please

This is a life skill I picked up from being a mom.

Don’t worry, the picture I took of that cookie is a bit over dramatic with uneven pieces. In reality, when I split things in five it’s way more even than that 😉.

Yep it’s true. For the last four and a half years this has been my life. Once all five of my children were of age to eat snacks this is what was expected of me. I had to share everything that entered our home with each of our kids.

It sounds a bit crazy but I’ve always been big on being fair and making sure none of my kids ever feel left out, less loved or thought of. I have always tried my best to share amongst them the best I could.

This splitting in five usually only happens for two reasons:

1) We’re down to the last of our snacks and everyone wants the last piece.
2) I decided to get a personal snack to enjoy and everybody wants a share.

^{I get real stingy when it comes to my snacks so I’m only sharing a little bit of it 😌🤭.}

You’d be amazed at some of the small things I’ve had to split. It never mattered as long as everyone got a piece…everyone was happy.

Well I’m SO OVER IT now!! 😒

My kids range from the ages of thirteen all the way down to five. They are big now and eating little pieces split into five just ain’t cutting it. I can’t go on for the rest of these nested days stressing myself over making sure everyone has a piece of everything.

I now tell my kids

Don’t expect to get everything your siblings get. I share different things with each of you and you’ll just have to be okay with missing out on some things 🤷🏽‍♀️.

What have I created y’all? My kids are professional crumb eaters because I have been doing this for so long. They don’t mind eating itty bitty bits and I have practically trained them.

Then they even have the nerve sometimes to measure their share and tell me when someone has a little more than the other 🙄. Seems it’s the only time they like to do math.

Don’t think that cookie went to waste. My kids asked if they could have it after I was done photographing it for this post 🤦🏽‍♀️. Yep, my life.