I read an article recently in one of my parenting magazines. The article was talking about the joy or pleasure we (as parents) get out of the daily routine of taking care of our children ( cooking for them, wiping their noses, running them around from place to place, ect.) . The article stated that the joy we received ranked there right above the daily house chores! So why do we do it? The article stated that we wanted our lives to mean something and the joy from seeing our children taking their first steps was enough of a reason right there. I agree with that too.
There are some days that I don't get a shower till I go to bed. Most days the house is not clean to the way that I like it! I live in toys and can do at least five loads of laundry a day. I run the kids back and forth to school and to the doctor. Everyday is a new adventure that includes catching Ollie writing on the walls and Van wipping his hands on the couch. I find Tatum without a diaper and Petey wearing his T shirts around his waist.
I also miss things that I used to take for granted like working and going to school. It is a lot easier to keep a house clean when you are not in it all day (really).
However, I also know that sooner then even I can imagine, my kids will be grown up. They will have lives of their own and Mom will not be in the center anymore! ( They won't want to sit with their Mom in the theater because it's not cool! I know, I did it too.)
So I am very thankful for all this time home with my children. I am very appreciative to my husband Josh for making it possible for me to be home with my children everyday. I don't think he knows how much I am thankful. When my children are older and living their own lives, I will think back and remember these times and be glad that I was here with them.. I won't remember that fact that I didn't get a shower!
Today I miss living in Virginia. I don't know if it was the snow outside ( we did get snow in Va, once or twice) or what the reason is. I Love Ohio, I was born and raised here. I couldn't wait to move back here ( mainly because I wanted my daughter to be born here just like her brothers) , but today I miss Kilmarnock......and here are some pictures I took while we lived there. One picture is of the Chesapeake bay, One picture is of Virginia Beach. The other two pictures are on King Carter's Golf Coarse (which we lived on), one picture was taken from our house, the other is of my favorite house on the coarse.
Even though there was another 2 hr delay today,
Tatum was sitting in her high chair the other day eating pretzels. She had her doll with her and she kept trying to put pretzels in her mouth too! (It was pretty cute!)
