My kids are about to turn 12, 9 and 5 which leaves me feeling so sentimental about how quickly the years are flying by. I'm working hard to slow down and enjoy the view as much as possible. That seems to be the easiest at bedtime and on the weekends.
I snapped this picture on Sunday.
A real life moment in time.
A very familiar for a Sunday afternoon.
The kids were working on birthday wish lists. Olive was helping Leo. Fletcher was doing his own and they were all scouting out some fun gifts for their Spring birthdays. They were having the best time.
Kevin was getting caught up on work and watching golf. And taking the big kids out for coffee.
I was folding a zillion loads of laundry, doing dishes, doing our calendar for the week, planning our menu, ordering groceries and working on my own kindergarten plans. We had divided up plenty of chores all day long to get ourselves ready for the week.
Leo's dreamy weekend day includes wearing pjs as much as possible.
I'm trying hard to enjoy the view. Be where my feet are. Be thankful for the chores and tasks that come my way to take care of the people that I love most.
Olive loves to remind me of how tall she's getting, how I will be planning her high school graduation party six years from now and it won't be long before she's driving. I'm not quite ready for all of that so I'm praying I will be when those big milestones hit.
I am so excited for what's to come for all of us.
But I would like to hit the parenting slow-mo button and enjoy the view a little more each day.
I remember when Courtney was in 6th grade looking forward to elementary school graduation. I drove past the high school with a sign about senior graduates and burst into tears that those years were rapidly approaching. Gratefully, there were many more years to enjoy all the kids at home. And when the time came for high school graduations, albeit sad to say goodbye, we also felt ready and so excited to watch them enter the next phase of life. But gotta admit, just thinking about it all over again makes me weepy. Happy and sad tears mixed together.
ReplyDeleteHow I wish there was a slo-mo button! I feel like the only milestone I've been ready for is hs graduation. Leaving for college...no! But I felt like I was ready and the kids too to finish hs and move on to the next stage. Every phase of childhood is special in its own way, but those elementary years were so sweet.
ReplyDeleteLove this reminder!! Oh how I wish I could turn back time sometimes!
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