We don't have any plans this weekend and we are so happy about it. We have the chance to play, laugh, sleep, and love on our babies. And even though we see them every night after work, for some reason, I still ache for the weekends to give me the chance to 'catch up' with my babies. I feel as though I've been separated from them for eternity and need to know every element of their days at Grandma's house or Bumblebeez during the past week. Did you play outside? Did you color? Did you share? Catch me up everything you have learned!
During our weekdays, we are very much on a schedule. And it works for us, but unfortunately, doesn't allow as much time for play as I would like. From the moment I walk in the door, Dan and I are on a mission to get the kids fed, bathed, jammied and in bed at a reasonable time, while also trying to keep the house clean (well, rather just picked up in general - who am I kidding with the word 'clean?'), grocery shop, pay bills, mow the lawn, and tend to other misc. things that pop up without losing our minds! Plus, Dan and I are determined to figure out a way to squeeze a few extra moments out of the day to improve our exercise routine and catch up with each other. While I'm happy with our routine and busy nights of coming together as a family, the weekends are a mini-vacation from the chaos that presents itself during the week and we are enjoying just that today. No schedule - just fun.
And I know that we are certainly not alone. It is pretty amazing all of the 'hats' that people wear these days. A parent. A grand-parent. A care-taker. A professional. A taxi. A repairman. A landscaper, a chef, and the list goes on and on. God is really amazing by giving us the skills and patience it requires to wear all of our hats. The ability to change a poopy diaper one minute, evaluate a complex accounting transaction the next, all the while giving us the mental capacity to worry about your son's constipation and hope that he will SOMEDAY overcome his fear of pooping on the toilet so that he can join his preschool class as an "equal in all things pottytrained!"
I know that we are amoungst many that are always charging off with our to-do lists in hand, thinking that when everything is done (which it never is) we can enjoy life. But what we do everyday is life, and our ability to step in time with our children amid the everyday stuff, such as getting out of the house in the morning, takes some organization and a lot of patience. But somehow, some way, we usually get it done.
The weekends remind me how much I love the simple, the good, the happy. But I know that without the trying, the complex, and the sad, the good just wouldn't seem as good and there would be no propeling forward...to the better us we will be every day thereafter. Here are a few photos of the simple, good, in-the-moment contentment of our last few weeks...
I know that I may or may not be a great many things...but today, I am so incredibly happy to be a Mom. And today, like everyday, I thank God for such an opportunity.
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