In the mean time, today in particular, my kids were superstars. They played nicely all morning with minimal screaming from Kaylen. They read books, colored on their easel, colored on the wall {KAYLEN!!!}, built trains, made laps around the house on Kaylen's little bike she got for Christmas and mostly entertained themselves. A funny moment after I discovered the orange marker in one spot and orange and blue in another, I scolded Kaylen as I cleaned it up {Yay for Crayola washable markers!} pretty severely so that she would understand not to do it again. Pretty much as soon as I turned back around she went and got the orange marker and stood there looking at it, contemplating if she would do it again or not. Little sinner!
This is the moment of contemplation.
Thankfully, she opted to obey. But it was a battle that raged in her baby soul for a long minute.
The kids were so good and my kitchen was so torn up and unusuable, I took the kids out to lunch. I figured they had earned the chance to wiggle on the Chick-fil-A playground. And wiggle they did. Little cuties. But can I take a moment to say how annoying the other kids on the playground are? Not nearly as perfect as mine. And tattle tales too. And one fat little girl tried to do a summersault and landed on Kaylen.
This afternoon they were still on a roll. I had to get back to my work and Kaylen went down for a nap while Jacob went outside to pound nails. I could see him out the window working so hard. He came in one time to find me using a screwdriver to remove hinges and he was offended as usual telling me, "You are NOT a builder!" He's really big into Bob the Builder, so he considers himself an expert I guess.
We planned to take our kids to watch a local highschool girls basketball game where our friend is the head coach, so Tony wanted me to get Jacob to take a nap. Normally this would have been a challenge, but today....he laid right down just as sweet as an angel and went right to sleep. It was adorable.
Then the basketball game. Two things to end our night with a bang. First Kaylen pooped and I didn't have any diapers with me. Hey, one day it will happen to you, so don't shake your head like that. I took her to the bathroom and did my best to clean it out, but the end result was toilet paper stuffed in her diaper and I'm sure that didn't feel good. She kept walking around with her knees clamped together after that....not sure. Anyways, that was fun.
But the creme de la creme of the day was Jacob. Darling, angel, with freckles on his nose. He, along with his sweet little friends Audrey and Ava were "dancing" to some fun music and Jacob lost his balance and fell foward, performing a human slinky manuever for a tumble and a half. Head, back, then head again. Bang, wham, bang.
Thank goodness they have hard heads and limber little bodies! Jacob is going to have some nasty bruises on his back and has a lump on his forehead and top of his head, but otherwise seems to be unscathed. In fact, the only thing he told us that was scary at the game tonight was the tiger mascot that was out with the cheerleaders.
Days like this, it washes over me time and again how grateful I am to get to be a part of this. How special it is that I get to be at home watching these moments. That my husband is willing and wants me to be home and works many long hours to keep me there. That God continues to provide so that we can live on one income. These waves pour over me, one after another, deep heartfelt gratitude. Humbleness that God chose me to do this. Love for my precious family, the beat of my heart.
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