Sometimes I get overwhelmed with all that I need to do. Besides just loving my children and trying to spend time with them, there is all the cleaning, the laundry, the cooking, the errands that have to be done, reading to them, the homework, and on and on. They are all things that I really don't mind doing, and most of them I really enjoy doing. When I have a baby in arms I find doing just about anything, other then holding my baby, simply has to wait.
Recently we had gorgeous weather. I really needed to get some Primary stuff done and should have had it done days before, but life happened and it still wasn't done. Dinnertime was approaching. Nathan really likes to be held . . . a lot, to say the least. And, I love to hold him. But I have so many things to do that I feel I'll go crazy trying to get them done, so I let so many things go just to avoid going crazy mad.
All the kiddos were outside in the back playing (in their pioneer costumes that my mom made them last summer) and Nathan wasn't letting me do anything other then just hold him. He does love to be outside, so I put his baby saucer out on the back porch and put him in it to see what he would do. And, he sat in it and watched the kiddos play for about 30 minutes (until it started to cool down) and I was amazed at what I got done in that time. It was a welcomed break, the best kinds of breaks where I still get to watch and enjoy my children and can also get somethings done. To simply enjoy.
It was one of those moments.
1 comment:
What a great picture! Don't you love those moments when the kids cooperate?
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