"I LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH MY SWEET LITTLE GIRL!"
I feel compelled to blog about this, because today my love is overflowing for my youngest child (and also because I have posted about many a trying moment with this same child).
Spending the days with this sweet girl gives me joy. She walks around saying things like "I like you, Mommy!" and "I'm your preh-shus guhl!" and "I'm your punkin pie!". I recently got her a princess pillowcase and as I put it on her bed, she said, "I love it Mommy! It's so beautiful! Thank you so much!"
I registered her for school next year. Two mornings a week. This will be the first time in 12.5 years of parenting that I will have all the children in school at the same time. Two mornings a week when I will be on my own. As in, alone. After 12 years, you grow rather used to having little people around! That being said, I know it will be nice to have some time to run errands and clean the house without "help"!
But - this morning as I kissed my baby's cheeks, I felt a bit sad for those two mornings next year. I will miss her for those six hours a week, as I have missed all of my children when they began venturing out of the nest. But it is time, and she will be ready.
I hope I will be too!
4 comments:
These are my exact feelings about my 3 year old who will also be gone 2 mornings a week next year. I keep telling her to stop growing. I try not to think about it often for fear it will put me into a depression. I'm sure I will enjoy it, too, but at this moment it doesn't seem like much fun.
I know Rebecca - it's definitely bittersweet!
She, along with your other 4, are precious and we always look forward to spending time with them.
Thanks, Heidar! We feel the same about yours!!
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