I love my Mother. She truly is the best mom. My brothers and I tease her a lot (even sometimes to her face!), but we always talk about what a great mom she is. She loves her kids, is very vocal about it, is incredibly supportive, and wants what is best for us. She is happiest when we are at our happiest and I think that's one of the markers of the best kind of mom.
She is my bright spot #1 from today. I called her, twice, to ask her for advice on something. She's a good sounding board and she was so helpful today. I appreciate that I have the kind of mom who, not only can I call for advice, but I can call for good advice. I'm a lucky daughter for sure.
2. Taking the kids outside to play today. The weather feels like spring is coming (which is the worst kind of tease, but it is NOT), and after a week of -45 celsius, we needed to take advantage. We were out for a good hour and they had a blast. We walked to the park and they went down the slides about 30 times. Then we came home and played in the yard for a good long while. Winter days like this, I can handle. Also, because Grayson is so much more mobile this year in snow than he was last year, I'm able to just have fun with both of them instead of just feeling like it's a ton of work.
I managed to get this video of them sliding down the hill on our front lawn and I just love it. Gray's little giggle as he slides down kills me every time. :)
3. My kitchen is an absolute disaster right now. I didn't clean it at all after supper. The dishes are dirty, there is stuff all over the counters. I got the kids to bed later than I anticipated (being in the snow put us behind on supper, but it was totally worth it), and by the time I got up from laying down with Carter in his room after books, it was 8:15. My cousin, Nicole, was here and I haven't seen her in forever, so I talked non-stop for about 40 minutes to catch her up on some of the goings-on, and by then it was 9:00. Carter was still awake and still wanted to me to come lay with him, so I did and he finally fell asleep around 9:30. I got up, went downstairs to chat with Jeff for a bit, and wrote this post. And now it's 10:30. So, instead of cleaning my kitchen, I was social and on mom duty. It's all about choices, people.
Right now, I'm going to make sure there's nothing left out that shouldn't be and that's it. I'm going to grab a bowl of cereal (yes, I'm a grown up) and go to bed. And it will be great.
And good night to YOU.
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