the past few days, i've had a very hard time finding things to be happy about or to be thankful for... belly is seriously testing my patience and generally has been acting like a brat for the better part of 2 months ... bulilit is teething and clingy ... both have bad-sounding coughs and runny noses that resemble faucets more than a facial appendage ... and looks like e and i have finally succumbed to their crazy colds. ugh.
however, i still need to dig through the mundane routine that is my life nowadays to find something, anything to be happy about. and -- surprise surprise -- the kids usually provide that small glimmer of laughter and light-heartedness.
par exemple, bulilit doing things she's not supposed to, and when you try to scold her, she smiles her little "i'm a perfect angel, you can't be mad at me about anything!" smile and you forget that she's doing something potentially dangerous (like sticking plastic juice box straws into outlets).
or belly and bulilit standing up on the bed and playing ring around the rosie.
or belly, who complained to her grandma today about how mommy isn't taking her to the zoo* and she wants grandma to "get me out of here!"
*note, i, admittedly, made the mistake of asking belly if she wanted to go to the zoo next week with her cousin, bear. and of course, that turned into, "i want to go to the zoo now! mommy, let's go now! why can't we go now?!" and when i said no, we're going next week, she turned into a puddle of tears.
my family figures into a lot of my thankfulness in posts too ... so am thankful that one of my lovely cousins celebrated her sweet sixteen on monday. i tease her a lot that i will always see her as 7, but i'm so proud of the young woman she's become.
spent my evening last night catching up with another favorite member of my family ... we don't hang out as often as we used to (or as often as i'd like!) but she's awesome.
i'm thankful for the quietness that descends my house after belly and bulilit are asleep. now if only e and i could reclaim some time to ourselves...
2 comments:
lol you see never tell them until the day of anything thats going on....lesson learned i bet! he cant wait either I haven't really mentioned it except once when the day comes sooner I will! smh! these kids! yes for example when i tell bear youll see daddy hes like okay is is later already?? lol patience is something THEY need to learn!
i love you! and sooo glad we caught up!
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