The buzz phrase that I keep hearing and that I find being the topic of discussions I've had with my mom is "season of life." I noticed tonight that my friend Kellie wrote about this same thing on her blog. She perfectly said what I've been thinking. As I read her blog, I decided that I would share my thoughts/feelings about this topic and where I am in my life right now.
Today was exhausting! I tell you what. I don't think there was anything else that we could pack into today if we had tried. Ha! Well, it all started this weekend. This past weekend was City Fest. For those of you who are unaware it is a festival that is coordinated by Luis Palau's ministry. They come into your city and work with area churches to put on a non-denominational event. It was amazing. If it is ever in your city, you have to find a way to be a part of it. I spent the weekend at the booth that our children's ministry sponsored. We made zipper pulls - thousands of zipper pulls. :) It was amazing to be able share Jesus with so many kids. Brian served as a counselor during the night concerts & Gospel presentations. Anyhoo, I stayed home from work yesterday (Monday) so that I could spend some time with the kids since I was gone all weekend. It sounded like a great plan especially since Ellie was out of school and Brian was leaving for Indianapolis and Chicago.
We had a pretty good day. We painted our nails and the girls played playdoh while I worked on Mollie's room. They had fun until I discovered that the angels thought it would be a grand idea to get out the bubbles while they played playdoh. Keep in mind, they were playing at our kitchen table. Needless to say, it ended badly. Ha! I did have to work last night. I told the girls they HAD to be good while they were with Mimi and Papa Jim. Well, apparently, they were pretty good until Mollie colored the inside of Papa Jim's shoes with chalk! I mean really. Where does she come up with this stuff??? I just...there are no words.
Today was CRAZY. I had a dentist appointment to find out if he can help me with a retainer. That didn't go so well...I'm off to the orthodontist. Then, Mollie got her flu shot. She was quite the trooper. E and M had dentist appointments this afternoon. It was Mollie's first cleaning. She was so good! Ellie though was amazing. She was sitting with us 'til the hygienist came to get her. Ellie, my Ellie, walked with her and went and had her teeth cleaned. I tell ya. I never know when she's going to comply and when she's not. We made a quick stop by KMart for prizes. It's not my favorite store, but it was the quickest and easiest to get to before we picked up Annie from Mimi's house.
Then, tonight the crazies were back. After eating a nutritious dinner from McDonalds, M ended up in tears from being spanked for spitting chicken nugget at Ellie. Then she admitted her ears hurt. Nice, right? I almost cried. I so don't want to go back to the doctor with her or any of the girls. Do you know how many times we've been there the last month and a half? The girls managed to play together relatively nicely. I think there was a fight or two before I finally got the angels into bed.
I find myself at the end of the day crawling into bed. It is almost all I can do to get them into bed most nights and go to sleep. I love what Kellie said. She said that she hoped that one day she and Patrick would be sitting around the dinner table laughing so hard she cried while talking with her kids about when they were little. We do that all the time when my family is together. I look forward to the days we do this with E, M and A.
This season we are in is crazy. I can't seem to get everything done that needs to be done. There is always laundry; there are toys everywhere. It's ok. Some day there won't be someone coloring with chalk in questionable places. There won't be a diva trying to convince me why it's a good idea that she wear flip flops in 40 degree weather. There won't be a bottom to wipe - can't say I'm sad about this one. So, today I choose to be happily exhausted at the end of this wild, busy, wet day. Thank you God for the day with the girls and for giving them to us!
3 comments:
You said it beautifully . . but I must add that as tiring as these days are, take time to savor them. They will be over in a flash . . and you will be left with a stunned expression wondering where the time went. It was just yesterday, I think, that I cried myself to sleep because you were leaving for youth camp the next morning. . . wasn't it??? And I think it was a week or so ago that you threw all the pennies in the potty . . wasn't it??? :)
Love you all, Mama
Beautifully said~we've talked about this so many times and both know how tiring and trying these days are, but they are so worth it. I mean, I say it all the time, you can't pay for the entertainment they provide~and Mollie provides LOTS!!! :)
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