Ever heard the phrase, "the days are long, but the years are short"? So, so, true. I've been realizing more and more lately just how quickly time is passing. A large part of me is cheering saying-- yes!! Let's be done with diapers and tattling and potty training and tears...lets move on to driving and real conversations and life skills learned. But, a large part of my heart knows I will miss these long days full of cleaning and whining and children trailing like little baby ducks. How I love these little people and how thankful I am to remember these little moments.
Brielle made me this video from some footage I took of our day. Not every day is like this--Mike is usually around a bit more (not much!) and we only doing swimming one week of the summer, so people usually have more clothes on. But--there is ALWAYS so. much. cleaning and laundry and did I mention cleaning? And the house is most ALWAYS a mess. And we spend a lot of time trying to figure out what to eat for snacks. And we spend a lot of time in the car. But, we also work hard together, play hard, laugh a ton, and love each other.
"If you are still in the process of raising children, be aware that the tiny fingerprints that show up on almost every newly cleaned surface, the toys scattered about the house, the piles and piles of laundry to be tackled will disappear all too soon and that you will—to your surprise—miss them profoundly." -President Monson
