Enjoy Each Season of Childhood
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THAT is my fourth baby. And now he is six. I am stunned. Where did the days go?
This week is all about getting good habits going.
A good habit to cultivate is to enjoy these passing moments. Because today, as the old woman in the grocery store, I tell ya, “The days go by so fast.”
I must confess, though, I have struggled with it more than a few times — just today. At this writing all eight of us are sick with raging head colds. I am tired in all ways — even my nose is tired {as she blows it for the five millionth time in a day}
As such I have not enjoyed passing moments. My girls wanted to help make dinner. But, I was too crabby to want or accept their help. They wanted noodles before the meal was complete. They wanted more noodles before I’d even taken a bite. They wanted dessert before I’d finished my meal.
Such is life with preschoolers.
While my boys don’t need as much help at dinnertime, my girls do. And I want to feel different than I do. I want to enjoy these moments before they are gone. I want to take a deep breath and not sweat the small stuff.
After dinner the girls got baths, something my boys no longer need my help for. My two-year old suffered through a despised hair washing. Business as usual.
Embrace the unique
But, then afterward I did something that I never did with the girls. Nor with the boys either. I used the blow dryer on their hair. It took me back to Saturday nights when my mom would wash my hair, then comb, and blow it dry.
It was a unique moment with my girls, a new experience in my “life as MOM.”
How do we enjoy each of these days, each of these seasons? I think we have a choice: to wish for the future or embrace the unique of today.
I need this reminder every minute right now! I have girls (6, 4), a boy (2) and am 36 weeks pregnant – too many times lately I’ve found myself being crabby with my kids because I’m tired/uncomfortable/moody instead of remembering that all of them are blessings and I was chosen to be their mama and will have the strength and wisdom to do so, and do it well, if I just ask.
Hang in there, Mama! 🙂
I find scrapbooking really is a HUGE reminder of how it goes is a blink. When I’m feeling overwhelmed I pull one out and it puts things back into perspective for me. Thank you for your blog.
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This is such a great post. I was thinking today of how quickly time flies and how fast my children grow. I have three boys…6, 5, and 17 months. I find myself trying to savor every moment possible. Thanks for posting.
The thing I enjoy the most of having 2 boys at 2-years and 9-months is wrestling on the floor with them. Soon they’ll be too big for me to keep up.
I can identify! My kiddos are 6, 4 and 2 and while I love them to the moon and back and can’t believe how quickly they are growing, I get so tired with the constant need for my help. Thanks for this reminder and the encouraging words!
I hold baby # 4 ( he’s 14 mo) to sleep at bedtime and naps. I know bad mom but I just so love that time with him. Everyone else was by the book in bed half awake so they learn to do it themselves. I just could not do it this time he neeeeeeeds him mommy right.