Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Today

Today was one of those days where I had great plans. Catch up the laundry, work in the yard, finish the trim in Anna's room, grocery shop, go to the museum.... At 5 o'clock it was time to start dinner. Three loads of laundry (maybe even more) were still staring at me, the trim still unpainted, museum passes still in the cupboard...but my heart is full. The dirt under my nails reflected my day, jumping on the trampoline, pull a few weeds, dig in the sand, pull a few more weeds, help the kids into the club house, prune the grape vine, offer the museum,to a chorus of 'NOOO', pitch the baseball, pull a few weeds, pass out Popsicles...I think I tend to forget that my children will only be small for a short time, all the other stuff can wait (and believe me it will). My plans turned out to be even greater than I hoped. Happy exhausted faces at bedtime and a day of no tantrums or stress. I guess all I really needed was a day with great plans.

PS. I thought about posting a picture of my laundry...

4 comments:

Jen said...

Great reminder. Thanks for setting a good example for me :)

Jill Sorhus said...

love those days when things are put into perspective. Your kids will never remember the stack of laundry(unless you take a picture of it) but they will remember a warm outside day with mommy. You're such a great mom and an example to me too.

Dianne said...

Aaah, just found your blog again. You're such a good mom.
Sounds like you're enjoying this warm weather with your sweet kids.
Di

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