Well, today was kind of a "BLAH" day. Didn't get everything on my list of "to do's" done... actually I think my list may have gotten longer today! I did make a nightly chore chart for my kids because even though they do the same routine every night, they always seem to veer off course, and "forget" something that they were supposed to do! I made it on excel, and just put it into a sheet protector and used some double sided tape to put a dry erase marker to it, and taped it to the wall. Now they can check things off their list. It's always more fun to do chores when you get to check them off! I have always been a list girl for that reason!! My husband teases that I have too many lists... "She has list of where her lists are..." so he says!!! But I don't, I actually just make one list, and when it gets cluttered or unorganized I make another with the things that are not crossed off... Im old fashioned I know... I'm sure "there is an app for that";)
I will say that I really enjoyed my kids today. First my son had a few friends over and he said to one of them "did you get to 'ate' yet"(still working on his grammar :D) and she replied "No, I am only Three" BAHAHA! I laughed for a long time, and they laughed at me... because they didn't understand why I was laughing! This was a lesson to me... to find joy in the journey, and to just laugh. Even when I don't understand why things are happening the way they are around me, I just need to choose to laugh!
My daughter came home from school distraught because she wanted a specific friend over SOOO badly and I told her yesterday that it was possible... she held it against me like a gun! Oh the emotional roller coaster of girls! And I know it will only get worse. But things turned around for her today. She helped me make dinner, and then came up with the idea that we should do a "pajama walk" after dinner. And we did just that! I walked and they rode their bikes around the block in PJ's. And to think, I was just telling a friend today that I thought I should do some sort of evening "cardio." Well, I think I have found a way to make both me and my kids happy after dinner!
I also had a very special experience with my children this evening. We read stories every night, it is just part of our bedtime process... They each get to pick a book from the bookshelf. There was a last minute mind change by my daughter, about her book choice. She came in with one of my MOST FAVORITE BOOKS EVER WRITTEN... "You Are Priceless, The Parable of the Bicycle" The problem with this book is that I have never made it trough the book without crying! Silly, I know. Tonight, I even said to myself, "you're not going to cry, just read it fast" haha! That didn't happen! Well my daughter is 6, and is old enough to recognize that I am getting choked up. She would lean over and look at my face as I was reading, and the wipe just below my eyes, hoping to wipe away my tears, just as I had done for her earlier today. I thought it was very sweet. But that's not all. I tucked them in and when I went to go back upstairs, I noticed that my daughters light was on. So I opened the door and she immediately said, "Sorry I turned my light back on mom, I just felt like reading the Book of Mormon, and I couldn't see with just my night light." I said, "That is just fine" and I shut the door. I couldn't help but think of the scripture in Proverbs 22:6 "Train up a child in the way that he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." I need to continually be teaching my children to love and serve the Lord because, let's just say, its getting a little scary out there! :/ I LOVE being a mom! Especially on days like today! I am so Blessed!
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