This is Life!
Today was one of those days where I was especially overcome with love for my children. Don't get me wrong--I love them to my very core, always. But, in the mundane of all the "dailies", in the sibling squabbles, the whining, the testing of my patience. . . well, let's just say, I will often tuck them in at night while they peacefully sleep, and think to myself, "Tomorrow I will be a more patient mommy, I promise."
But, tonight, I was able to put all the unfinished housework aside, ignore a pile of paperwork in the office, leave dishes in the kitchen to be washed, and go for a leisurely walk in the neighborhood with Jason and the girls and forget about all the to-dos. And, not just go for a walk. But, observe and soak up my children's quirks, personalities. . everything that makes up their 3-year-old and 5-year-old little persons.
Carly of course wanted to ride her bike, venturing out a little farther on her own--far enough where she was independent...