My boys love me. Consistently, wholly, and beautifully.
I headed to Arizona for the weekend to help with a conference that a good friend mine puts on. I left Wednesday morning and got back late Sunday night. I got back just a minute or 2 before Josh and the boys returned from the family Easter party with the Burrastons. I was standing in the car port in all my road trip glory (read: dirty yoga pants, oversized t-shirt, road trip hair, and probably chocolate on my face - because, road trip.) and as Josh pulled in I saw Tommy unbuckle and get ready to open the van door. As soon as he could the door opened and he fell into my arms saying "mom! you're here! I've missed you!" and I scooped him up and kissed him and told him I missed him too.
He's lovely that little one. And really there's nothing like being missed when you're gone.
Little John would have been excited to see me too - but it was late and he was asleep, so I didn't love on him until the next morning.
But that night, Tommy and I stayed up for another hour talking while he told me about all the things I'd missed.
His first friend birthday party: It was all about frozen and it was Ella's birthday (she's from his preschool) and they were tryin and trying to put that nose back on Olaf and Mom! I did it! (pin the tail on the donkey I assume) And Ella's mom said if I want I could try it again but I didn't want and that's ok. And I did gived her a birthday present about coloring and I did had so much fun.
The Burraston Easter party: I will show you all my eggs. one by one and we did have candy over there mom! really. we did. (insert most serious 4 year old face you've ever seen) and gramma gave us all these eggs!
And a bunch of other intensely exciting things like church and preschool and riding bikes and snoozin.
Here's the thing about living with littles, they drive you crazy because they're high maintenance, but you leave and miss them anyway. Then you come home and wonder why you ever thought you needed a break. Then they prove to you exactly why you needed a break and it only takes a second or 2.
Lately I'm really loving motherhood.
There really is nothing like being missed while you are gone! I just recently had that experienced, and it made me realize that my kids like me, not just love me, but they really like me. It was nice.
ReplyDeletehaha, this post is so incredible. I love your littles. This makes me excited to be a mom someday. I really like your paragraph where you wrote in Tommy's voice. Haha, too cute!!
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