This week I have been playing a lot with my children...and RE-posting some of my favorite posts from my first 100 posts. This was one of my earliest posts on this blog. And already there are things that I miss about babies, since my littlest is almost 2. But there are definitely things I WON'T MISS!!!
#219 Reason I see the hand of Heavenly Father in my life: My little Oreo Mustache children bring me such joy, and messes often teach patience if we let them. I am thankful for the better person I am becoming, thanks to the beautiful children he is loaning me.
Make it a great day! Only YOU can!
You're gonna miss this????
My children are wonderful...they are fabulous...REALLY! So does it make me a bad mom when I have days I just want to SCREAM! Or even better yet...days when I think I might pull out my hair if I hear ONE MORE PERSON SCREAM? The answer is absolutely NO! It does make me human...if you are a human mom...you will appreciate this morning I had...BEFORE 8 am ;)
This morning I woke to someone tap tap tapping on my arm. "Mommy can I watch a movie?" They say all this technology is PROGRESS...the only progression I see is that my children wake me up earlier and earlier. Being the stellar mom I am I said "Just be quiet." Of course...in five minutes the Dog, Darling #4, then Darling #3 and now Darling #5 are all up... Noise...and LOTS OF IT! Screaming as I write. Why do little boys insist on screaming? I wonder this constantly...sometimes with a splitting headache I beg for refuge. They say in country songs "You're gonna miss this" .... Really? Doesn't a man sing that song? He must mean he is going to miss the elaborate hugs he gets when he comes home from work, and the endless kisses. He is going to miss "Daddy you are my best friend"...
I will tell you what this "firefighter" mother of five is not going to miss...
I will not miss:
dirty diapers
screaming (I will miss noise when they grow up...but NOT SCREAMING)
I won't miss Oreo Cookie shakes on the floor (I will miss Oreo Shake mustaches)
Multiple visits to the doctor in one week...Because when I went in on a Monday for one...the others got sick in succession...
You get the point.
I know they say the joyful sound of children playing is music to the ears...But I must not have EVOLVED to THAT kind of mother yet...because when my four boys really get playing...it is anything BUT music...And when my darling daughter has had enough and screeches at them...WATCH OUT!
There are many things I will miss of course! Laughter, hugs, story time, smiles, giggles, water fight play days, library trips that make kids light up with joy...(hence the endless books back ground on my blog...we miss their angel grandma who is a librarian by trade and by heart)...
But there are definitely a few I don't think I will LONG FOR! :) If you are a "firefighting mama" too...YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!
So make it a great day! Because only you can! And you may want to invest in some ear plugs ;)
1 comment:
My boys love to make so much noise too, and I often ask them, why are you so loud (and this is coming from a deaf mom lol) and they just reply...I don't know. I know they are only kids for a short time and we should treasure every moment with them and I do, I'm so thankful to the Lord for his wonderful gifts! I see myself evolving, I used to really let it get to me, but I find I am a bit more patient now...then again my youngest is 5 and not a baby lol.
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