Daddy look alike?

Alot of people lately have been telling me how much Kale and Darrin look alike. I don't see it. I am glad that they do, I think Darrin is very handsome (obviously) and I think Kale is just the cutest thing in the world, but I don't see the resemblance. I have always had a hard time seeing Darrin and I in our own kids. I just realized that sentence sounds like I have no problem seeing ourselves in other people's kids :)

 

Darrin was just telling me the other day that one of his pet peeves is when dads and sons have matching haircuts. Then he realized that him and Kale were following that trend.

This week Kale got a haircut.

Darrin just told me tonight he was going to get a haircut.

I am noticing a trend.

 

 

I love these two with all my heart, I could scoop them up and never let them go!

Attitude Adjustment

I was driving Baylie to soccer and she said "today was a great day!" She then started listing off the things we did...
- Math
- Language Arts
- Got to go to the library
- Went out to eat for lunch
- Made milkshakes
This was her list. As she finished, I thought why did I feel like it was a crummy sort of day even though I did all those same things?
I starting thinking about how it really was a great day, we did do some great things. Sometimes I tend to think about all the times I had to tell the kids to do their tasks, which are so many I spend most of the day doing this. I tend to think about how tired I am, or how I would just love to take a nap right now. I tend to think about all the things I want to do uninterrupted.
I am grateful for Baylie's list of good things. I told myself to change my attitude. When I got home, I opened the front door and greeted the kids with a loud "HELLO! I'm home". It's never too late to rescue the day.

I don't want to forget

I have been reading the book "Heaven is here" by Stephanie Nielson. What I am learning is that there are quite a few moments that I don't want to forget so here goes...

- We saw 20 worms on the sidewalks up to Kale's preschool today and every time Eden touched one, it would shrink up like she scared it to death. Then we saw a tiny snail in it's shell, and when Baylie put it in her hand it stretched it's little head out so far you could see it's neck. Then she gasped, throwing it down saying it was slimy.
- I heard Baylie fall off her stool upstairs when she was all by herself, I heard her get up and shout "I'm okay! I'm okay! I thought it was cute that she wanted to let us know, even though no one acknowledged it.
- Laying in bed with Darrin this morning, instead of running, was absolutely what I needed.
- Walking in the rain isn't that bad, it's actually quite delightful
- I drove the van next to my kids as they insisted on riding their scooters down our street, even with a car waiting patiently behind me, thank you to the neighbor that didn't honk or get impatient.
- I forgot 3 appointments I had, maybe I should use my planner
- I told Kale that his cousin was waiting at our house, and he said "YEA! It's his birthday! I almost forgot it was his birthday!" I thought it was so cute he remembered.

There will be so many, many, more moments I don't want to forget but I will start here, with this day.