Updating a blog takes just a smidge of time to be ALONE at the keyboard. Which for a mom means you have to know that your kids are safe and occupied then make a mad dash to the keyboard to type out an entry. Yesterday I had precomposed a wonderful entry only to find that when I got to the key board Blogger was down. Now don’t get me wrong I am not complaining overly much since Blogger is free and I have enjoyed using the service. And in some small way fallen for my blogger 
Its just a note on why the update is a little late and not quite as tidy as I had hoped.
I turn 30 in a few weeks. And I have been making up my wishlist (most of which will be going to my dear hubby *HINT * *HINT*) but more than that I have been really thinking of all the things that I am thankful for in my life. Some are obvious but I am finding that I am also thankful for things that are a little more subtle. Which has given me a small insight into myself that lets me know that even though I sometimes feel so focused on the BIG picture I am still finding time to enjoy the small things in life. The really important things. But it also reminds me that being thankful (some would use graceful) is very much a choice. Everyday I get up and I make a choice will it be a “good” day or a day full of “grump”. Most often I try for “good” as we define it in our house
I suppose its because my birthday is so close to Mother’s day that I often find myself focusing on life with kids at this time of year too. Everyday I get to wake up to two of the worlds most beautiful sights. Those small early morning smiles and the first hugs of the day are most often mine. The love and joy that greets my mornings makes almost everything pale in comparison to the purity that is mine to behold every morning. Its at times like that that it hits me…..I love what I am doing now more than anything in my life thus far. That’s not so say I won’t become some fantabulously famous person in the future but its hard to imagine that something will top raising but more importantly enjoying my children.
Small notes of Motherhood:
This weekend I noted that Lil’B identifies himself now as Mimon in his family count (Mommi, Daddi, Lelar, Mimon)
Jr. finally gave in and let me cut his shaggy mop. In the back of my mind I am wondering if as a teenager he will let it grow long-long and really have a mop! My consolation it will be his resposibility to wash and comb
Simplifying the toys SOUNDS a lot easier than it is. It always amazes me how the toys they haven’t touched for months manage to become thier favorites when put in the box to go OUT.
More updates later….I am off to get my afternoon dose of baby snuggles.
