The Method to my SAHDness...

OK, here's the deal.  My wife gave birth to our last child, a beautiful little girl(who would soon become a princess, even though I have no royal bloodlines), and we realized that having three kids was not just one more than having two.  They suddenly outnumbered us!  We went from raising two kids to running a daycare center.  Our last tiny bit of free time and relaxation not only disappeared, but was kidnapped, tied up in a burlap sack, and tossed into the Mississippi River(Sorry, my grandmother was from Sicily, so these analogies come very naturally to me).  We noticed that the house was not being cleaned as often or as thoroughly as it had been.  Dinners were prepared quicker and less healthy than we liked.  We needed a plan.  Our first thought was to hire outside help.  We brainstormed about the ideal scenario.  A maid to come in weekly, a part-time babysitter, a personal chef to prepare some of our meals, and a lawn guy in the Summer.  Then, reality set in.  Perfection would be way too expensive.  We would both have to work more to have all of these things. 
     It seemed strange that my wife and I would have to spend more time away from our kids for them to have a so-called "better" life.  I hated that idea.  My dad was barely around while I was a kid, and my mother was busy working as a single mom with three mouths to feed.  I wonder how many other SAHDs didn't have their parents around much when they were growing up?  Maybe that's why we have the patience to listen to our children's constant chatter when other men need to go out for a drink with friends.  Maybe we remember wishing our dads would just listen to what we had to say ...ever.  Anyway, when we finally did all of the math, we realized that it would be more cost-effective for me to stay home and take care of things for a while until the kids got a little older.
     Enough for now.  It would be stupid for me to ignore my kids because I'm writing about being a SAHD.  Like it or not, we are both each others boss at different times, and I wouldn't have it any other way.