Dear Kids,
So I started writing a post of thoughts that were completely jammed up in my mind... after about 4 paragraphs I erased it all because none of it was making sense!
I am at the end of a Sunday. A good Sunday. It looked like this:
Getting up late.
Saying good bye to family who were in town and leaving our house.
Making the conscious decision to not stress out about making to church on time.
Helping the baby.
Doing Talia's hair, she gets frustrated because it isn't exactly what she wants. We work it out.
Elijah having a hard time with doing his hair... I remind myself to be patient explaining.
Making it to church late.
Kids asking "why did we miss sacrament" and good opportunity for me to talk about our humanity.
Doing my calling and running around the hallways.
Carrying babies around the hallways for mothers who needed free hands for a few minutes.
Talking to various people about things to be taken care of.
Stapling a bunch of papers.
Helping the baby.
Helping to sing a song for next week.
My kids finding me and waving the papers from the classes in my face.
Me smiling at seeing them run to me from their classes.
Elijah crying because he couldn't keep up with me.
Gathering up the kids and heading home.
Helping the baby.
Filling out paperwork and taking them to a friends house that I forgot to take to church.
Sending Elijah and Talia to the tramp for a few minutes because of fighting... energy out time!
Talia seeing I need help and making lunch for all the kids.
Me making sandwiches for Brent and I.
Helping the baby.
Brent coming out of the office (he had to work from home today) and having lunch together.
Kids coloring.
Kids writing letters, me helping them spell words and address envelopes.
Sending kids to rooms for quiet time.
Helping the baby and putting him down for a nap.
Laying down and catching up on facebook while waiting for Brent to come snuggle.
Snuggle with Brent and fall asleep in .02 seconds.
Vague memory of Brent telling me I am snoring and rolling me over.
OUT like a light until 4:45pm.
Good nap! yay! Lay down in bed and just listen to the hussle and bussle of children outside my door.
Smile when I hear Brent taking care of everything so I can rest.
Come out. Give hugs.
Help the baby.
Help the kids catch up their "task" papers for the week to do bank/goal time with dad.
Kid start to wrestle and fight with dad. Elijah upset because the kids aren't doing the things he wants.
I talk with him about it. We try to figure it out. All the while dad is wrestling and fighting.
I laugh while I sit down and watch Brent get beat up.
Clean the kitchen.
Start to get dinner ready.
Elijah needing some discipline time. He comes back and we talk about what happened.
He tells me he was frustrated and we figure out his feelings. He feels better.
Kids come back and forth from bank time telling me about their goals. Me listening.
Help the baby.
Talia doing a project while waiting for chicken to cook. Me helping her with it.
Gabe frustrated because he wants to help with the project and Talia wants to do it on her own.
Gabe going to his room huffy and puffy. I go after a few minutes and talk to him about it.
He feels better. Hugs.
Clearing the table for dinner, setting the table. Kids helping. Me directing.
Gathering up the kids.
Holding the baby around everywhere.
Sitting down together. Try to hold hands while saying prayer, but have to stop because of fighting.
Brent says the dinner prayer and we talk about Sunday together while eating.
Help the baby.
Help Elijah stomach the potatoes because he has a hard time with it.
Everyone has ice cream... even mom! With chocolate.
Try to get Swiss Family Robinson ready to watch as a Sunday movie, it doesn't work.
Kids sad, so we find something else.
Watch "Queen of Katwe". Kids talking through the whole movie asking questions.
Kids kicking each other on the couch during the movie. Finally find space to snuggle.
Helping the baby.
Finish the movie. Help kids ready for bed. Doing conflict management the whole time.
Prayers. Kisses. Hugs.
Me lounging on the couch and go to facebook for a few minutes, then convince myself to update my journal :-)
Here we are!
When I look at that list I think, "No wonder I am just crazy busy all day!". The motherhood life is really demanding... when you do it right. Involved and intentional parenting is HUGE for our children. It is a must!!
My days look like this - PLUS 1,000 more little things that are constantly pulling on my attention as the CEO of this household. If I were to really take the time and write down everything that happens all the time on a day to day basis... then I know it would amaze even me with everything that happens in a day.
I have to remind myself to be patient with giving of myself all the time. My motherhood muscles are growing and I'm working on getting strong and stronger with handling things the right way instead of with so much reaction and passion and emotion. Parenting is NO SMALL THING!
I'm so grateful for my kids. I'm so grateful for my family. I'm so grateful for days that look like this and knowing that I am hopefully giving my kids a good fabric to their lives. A strong foundation. There are so many things I can do better... but I already know that I am doing everything that I can right now.
I love you,
Your Mom
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