Little kids...
I've often wondered if I will REALLY miss having little kids at home. Sometimes I think I'm just meant to be a mother to older children because there are so many things I CAN'T WAIT to do with them once they are old enough to learn. I don't care much for the baby stage at all (I could completely do without the first 3 months). To me babies are fun once they hit about 6-8 months old. Brighton and Adaira are great because we can finally teach them games and outdoor activities. We had a blast with them at Sunsplash and I think next summer we'll be able to take them tubing down the river. I think soon I'll get Brighton a little racquet and take him to the racquetball courts to hit a little bit. Maybe I'm just selfish in that I enjoy my kids more once they can do things that I like to do, but regardless, I look forward to doing a lot with them.
That being said, there are definitely a few things I will look back on and miss. Besides the obvious things like early bedtimes, the sweet "I love you" several times a day from both Brighton and Adaira, the hugs and cuddles, etc., the things I will miss are the mispronounciations that I just don't even want to correct because they sound so cute, such as:
Adaira - Panola (granola), ah-mote (remote), bwed (bread)
Brighton - Encement (cement, maybe he heard us say "in cement" too many times during construction of the house?), "at" instead of "that" (mostly during his prayers, he says "and bless us at we can sleep well")
Both - Old MacDonalds (McDonalds), Choc-lick (chocolate - my favorite one),
I will also miss their infectious laughs that they have when we tickle them. Adaira has a chuckle when she laughs really hard that makes me laugh with her almost every time, and I don't know if I've seen a kid as tickleish as Brighton. Brighton is also the biggest sweetheart you could imagine. Out of the blue he tells us he loves us at least 3-4 times per day and comes home and draws pictures for us and writes "I love you mom and I love you dad" on each one, EVERY time. He and Adaira are always up for hugs, kisses, and snuggles.
I love these kids! They drive me crazy much of the time, but they are great kids. This may totally contrast to my attitude in my last post, but that was at the end of a long tired day, with little sleep the night before, Adaira home sick from school, and Justin staying on base that night to study for a test. So there are my excuses!
I may feel this way now that I have four hours of alone time every day with Brighton in Kindergarten and Adaira in preschool, but even if that's the reason I STILL feel it. I hope they stay so sweet and I hope Dale follows in his big brother's footsteps.
I've often wondered if I will REALLY miss having little kids at home. Sometimes I think I'm just meant to be a mother to older children because there are so many things I CAN'T WAIT to do with them once they are old enough to learn. I don't care much for the baby stage at all (I could completely do without the first 3 months). To me babies are fun once they hit about 6-8 months old. Brighton and Adaira are great because we can finally teach them games and outdoor activities. We had a blast with them at Sunsplash and I think next summer we'll be able to take them tubing down the river. I think soon I'll get Brighton a little racquet and take him to the racquetball courts to hit a little bit. Maybe I'm just selfish in that I enjoy my kids more once they can do things that I like to do, but regardless, I look forward to doing a lot with them.
That being said, there are definitely a few things I will look back on and miss. Besides the obvious things like early bedtimes, the sweet "I love you" several times a day from both Brighton and Adaira, the hugs and cuddles, etc., the things I will miss are the mispronounciations that I just don't even want to correct because they sound so cute, such as:
Adaira - Panola (granola), ah-mote (remote), bwed (bread)
Brighton - Encement (cement, maybe he heard us say "in cement" too many times during construction of the house?), "at" instead of "that" (mostly during his prayers, he says "and bless us at we can sleep well")
Both - Old MacDonalds (McDonalds), Choc-lick (chocolate - my favorite one),
I will also miss their infectious laughs that they have when we tickle them. Adaira has a chuckle when she laughs really hard that makes me laugh with her almost every time, and I don't know if I've seen a kid as tickleish as Brighton. Brighton is also the biggest sweetheart you could imagine. Out of the blue he tells us he loves us at least 3-4 times per day and comes home and draws pictures for us and writes "I love you mom and I love you dad" on each one, EVERY time. He and Adaira are always up for hugs, kisses, and snuggles.
I love these kids! They drive me crazy much of the time, but they are great kids. This may totally contrast to my attitude in my last post, but that was at the end of a long tired day, with little sleep the night before, Adaira home sick from school, and Justin staying on base that night to study for a test. So there are my excuses!
I may feel this way now that I have four hours of alone time every day with Brighton in Kindergarten and Adaira in preschool, but even if that's the reason I STILL feel it. I hope they stay so sweet and I hope Dale follows in his big brother's footsteps.
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