I love my kids. I mean absolutely love them with everything I have. Time alone or alone with my husband is a rarity with a 1 and 2 (3 next week...**sniff, sniff**) year old in the house. Do we need to have alone time? Of course, but we also need to realize that our kids won't ask to do things with us forever.
Last week my son asked to shower with me for the 1st time. At first I was a tad upset about it because the ability to rack up the water bill by standing underneath scalding hot water is something that I love to do. So what ends up happening? A little boy ends up in the shower with me. See...I told you that there's nothing I wouldn't do for my kids as long as there isn't a possibility of getting hurt.
Seeing Lane play in the shower was so much fun! Normally he hates to get his hair wet but the water spraying everywhere must have made him forget all about it. We have a detachable shower head...which by the way I always thought was such a strange idea but it's AMAZING with dogs or kids. Lane played with the detachable part and got a kick out of 'washing' me!
There were a few questions that arose but he didn't care after an answer and was back to playing. He's been asking a lot of questions lately....the most recent statement was while lying in bed Sunday morning...."Dad, you're dirty. You have hair on your arms (armpit)." Oh dear, the same thing would be said if Lane looked at my legs.
Another time I planned on heading to Ames for some errands and a massage. Lane decided that he wanted to go so I cancelled the appointment for a Mama-Lane date instead. At first, I was very upset. After an hour I had completely forgot about the planned massage because we were having such a good time together. Some chocolate/gelato, lunch at Fazolis, play time at the mall and some grocery shopping made a fun, fun day.
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| On our date! |
I'm asking from one parent to another to fully be present and enjoy your children. Take some time to turn off the cell phones or tablets. Actually BE there in mind and body. We all too often get caught up in the world around us to enjoy that unexpected joint shower or date time.
As I said before, my kids have me wrapped around their fingers to the center of my soul. There is practically nothing that I wouldn't do for them but I wouldn't change it for anything. Some day (too) soon my two little munchkins will no longer want to shower or cuddle, read a book together before bed, or be willing to kiss me at school drop-off. For that reason I plan on taking full advantage of any moment that my kids want to spend time with me.
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| Who doesn't love chocolate before lunch? |
