It's 2:30 am and I cannot sleep. It might be because my sweet husband is snoring rather loudly (something that only happens when he is REALLY tired). He works so hard and was up until 1:45 working on a project, so I can't be mad, but nonetheless, sleep is not happening right now.
I was shopping with Addi yesterday when out of the blue she looked at me and said, "I have the best mommy ever!" When her sweet little voice said that, I completely teared up. I looked at her and told her that I had the best daughter ever. She beamed the same way she beams every time I tell her I am proud of her or that she is pretty, smart, amazing, incredible, funny, silly, cute, a precious princess, a gift from God, fearfully and wonderfully made and that I love her so much and she is my most favorite girl. :) Anyway, I don't know what I did to warrant the best mommy ever comment, but I'll gladly take it. (Note that I do not feel like the best mommy ever...but it sure was nice to hear!)
October has been a fun month. The nice weather has allowed for several trips to various parks in our area. We are blessed to have several nice parks within a few minutes of our home plus a small play area in our neighborhood. The kids LOVE to go the park and we usually have at least one play date a week at a park. Great way for the kids to get exercise and to wear themselves out for nap time. :) We made a trip to Virginia to visit family and see my sweet nephew dedicated a couple weeks ago. It was a great time! This past Sunday, we journeyed to the mountains (about an hour and a half away) and had some great family fun (and found a park there, too). We visited the pumpkin patch a couple days ago. Addi was interested in it last year (not so much the first year we took her), but this year both kids were really interested in it. They loved it and it was so cute to watch Brogan walk around saying, "Punkins!" He wanted to eat them. Addi wanted to kiss them. :) Addi loved the maze, climbing on the hay, and riding this tricycle type toy they had...oh and having daddy chase after her. :) Brogan loved the fake cows, playing with a plastic wheelbarrow and the slide. :)
It is so much fun to see the world through their eyes! They love such simple things and can see beauty where the average person cannot. We passed a cemetery a couple weeks ago and Addi said, "Oh, look how prettiful!" Of course she does not have an understanding of what a cemetery is, but all her eyes could see were flowers on all the plots. She was right, it was pretty. Something that is usually associated with sadness, was instead seen as joyful when looked through her eyes. It is so easy to take things for granted and to only see things a certain way. I am praying that God helps me to view more things like my children. I think most adults tend to look at certain circumstances, places, and even people with pity at times. We'll see a run down place and think, "What a shame." Kids see it and say, "This is neat!" We we will be running errands or scurrying to get somewhere on time and will be frustrated. Our children will be laughing and enjoying the moment...not worrying about the dozens of things that still need to marked off the to do list. We see people with a disability or people who look different and want to pity them, thinking how sorrowful it must be in their shoes. Kids Addi and Brogan's age just see people equally. They look past the disability and keep going. It scares me to think that there will be a day where my sweet babies will start viewing people and circumstances differently. My prayer is that Jared and I can teach them to look through God's eyes, not human eyes. My prayer is that we can see more through God's eyes.
Anyway, it is now close to 3:00 am and once again I have a post that is a rambling mess, so I am ending it. :) Until next time, God bless!
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