Lately I've been feeling overhelmed with being too busy, and doing too much. I feel that I don't spend enough time doing things with my children...I do stuff for them, but I don't spend enough time with each one of them. How do parents of multiple children do it? It's exhausting!
However, I've decided I'm going to take it easy and do less stuff. And this past week I've actually taken on less things to do. I've limited myself to going grocery shopping once a week, laundry once a week (with the exception of Arden's night time accidents), no more volunteering for...whatever. I've made a list of things I need to stop doing, finish doing and things I need to be doing. I've been feeling pretty good. I think now I can get back to my work out routine, and doing more scripture reading, journaling...may be I can finally catch up on my blog. I feel that my children are growing up so quickly and I'm worried I'm going to miss out on the little fun things. I don't want to regret not spending enough time with them years from now. I want to be able to say, I did my best, and I enjoyed the little moments.
This week I've found myself laughing more at what my children do. I've been feeling more patient with Arden. I find what he says mostly amusing and less annoying. Last Wednesday Newel went to southern CA for a job interview, and I told him to take the car to the airport. The children and I stayed home all day. I was busy doing house work, but I wasn't in a rush. I took the time to make Arden his beloved paper butterflies, and libelulas (dragonflies). Finally, late afternoon, we went outside for a walk. No rush. Arden rode his bike while I pushed the stroller and we went to the library to drop off some items we had borrowed, read some books, and then went to the bank to deposit a couple of checks. I know this probably sounds boring, but it was nice...no rushing out the door. Then, we came home, ate dinner, and put the children down for bed.
On Thursday, we had a couple of things to do, but we weren't in a rush. After running our errands, we went to a playground in Mountain View. I packed a simple lunch and Arden ate while he played. Those 2 days gave me a perspective of how life will be like again after our time here at Stanford is done. I had some mixed feelings...but, I'm expecting to miss this place terribly. I'm just glad I'm learning to take it easy, and enjoy life. To everything thing there is a season...and this is the season for being a mommy with young children and enjoying it.
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