I am lucky enough to have great back-door neighbors. One day a few weeks ago, we saw you out there jumping on the trampoline with your sons. My kids thought that was awesome! And I thought it was the greatest reminder of all that no matter how clean (or not clean) your house may be, those memories are the most important.
Children want to see their parents laughing and happy, not stern and too busy to play. So, while maybe dinner was put off a half an hour, and your hair was static-y, your children feel happy knowing they are important.
Since that day, I've tried to deliberately spend time with my kids, without phone, computer, cooking or cleaning. It's hard to ignore stuff that "needs to get done," but my new focus is specific time each day to play. Thanks for that great reminder!
Thanks, you are a sweet heart! I must admit, it isn't always easy for me to relax about everything on my to do list and just play with my kids. But, whenever I do it we have so much fun!! I know it means so much to them and I just want to enjoy every minute of it - with school starting I am realizing that it won't be long before my kids would rather not play with mom.
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