Grace in small things, February 29, 2016
- Pajama Day for the kids...and they played beautifully together all day...ring-around-the-rosy and pillow fights on our bed while I washed the sheets, and hours with the elaborate wooden train set-up I made for them yesterday upstairs...
- Zo coming to me in tears this morning: "What's wrong, sweetie?" I asked. "I don't want to get bigger," she said. (We've been talking about them turning 4 and how once that happens then they'll be really big kids.) "I want to stay little forever," she continued. "And I don't want you to get old. I want us to be together." And I hugged her tight and told her I wish things could stay just like this forever, too, I love having her and Luke with me so much. But even though things will change--everything changes, that's just life--I will always be her Mommy and I will always be with her no matter what. I don't think I've said anything in front of her, but I've been sad about her 4th birthday being in just a couple weeks...I love having 3-year-olds...it's hard to think about not having 3-year-olds any more...although, like I told Zo this morning, even when they turn 4 it's not going to change anything. Our days will still be exactly the same...
- Getting up early to work out, and feeling pretty much fine today despite sleeping terribly last night. (I've been having really bad insomnia about once every 2 weeks...which is a big improvement over how things used to be, but still hard after the nights that it happens...)
- I thought maybe the kids had gotten sunburns on their faces yesterday, despite sunscreen (and I was feeling especially bad about it because they have their 4-year doctor's appointments tomorrow and sunburned kids don't really say "good mom")...anyway, this morning they were fine, yay...
- Some fun work projects this week, already coming together nicely...
- FaceTime with my Mom and Dad yesterday...miss them...
- Alpenglow on the mountain with the sunset this evening...as seen from our front yard:
XOXO
