i normally don’t get into “holiday’s” like these. it’s like valentines day…what a silly holiday! lol! why do you need one specific day to tell the people in your life that you love, how much you love them? why not do it more often? BUT, i will say that this mother’s day weekend, as it just happens to be, has been AMAZING! i have relaxed and spent some much needed time with just the family. yesterday was filled with such goodness from just being together. i did score a new pair of shoes out of all of it, but that really is not that important. what’s important? being a follower of jesus. he has made this little family of mine possible. without him in my life on a daily basis (sometimes distant basis) this would not be as good as it is. there are always going to be hard times, i know that. what i know more than that is that christ will ALWAYS bring me through, even if it’s much later than i thought.
i dearly dearly love and cherish my family. the more that i am watching my kids grow up i hear those all too familiar words spoken from those older than me “it goes by so fast”. it does….way too fast. i wished away a few months of my kids baby times, because they can be hard and draining and just not that fun. i can honestly say that i don’t miss being woken up in the middle of the night or breastfeeding…i like where we are now. i do however miss my kids being a year younger…or two years younger in ian’s case. the 12-18 month age to about 2 years is by far my favorite time so far. eleanor is still in it, which is nice. the “it” is the wanting to be with me, hugging me, snuggling with me. ian is 4 now and he’s sort of passing the snuggling stage. i’m wondering if eleanor will sort of always be a snuggler. i hope so.
ian is so fun and amazing right now. he’s super interested in learning how to read, spelling out letters, and writing his name. he is also a puzzle wizard. he can’t get enough of them…and we can’t find enough of them that are not way too over priced of just silly. he is approaching his last day of the one day a week preschool we have had him in since last august. i’m sad and totally excited for him! he LOVES school and all things about learning. i’m looking forward to a summer of great growth for him. i am hoping to fill our days as best i can with some good learning and good playing!
eleanor is just a trip. i love that little girl so so much. she is into dancing right now. every time a skirt goes on her, she starts doing her “ballet”. “mommy, i’m a ballerina, watch.” which is then followed by little twirls and cuteness. she is approaching 3 years old. where did that time go? crazy. she starts a mothers day out in august and i can’t wait to see how much she changes and learns over the next 6 months. she is rather big for her age and most people think she is 3 already if not 4. haha! as i’m typing, she has made her way into my lap.
parenting is hard, but it’s also such an amazing adventure. i wouldn’t have my life any other way at this point.
all that said…happy mother’s day!
. sometimes it’s hard being away from family.
