What I love about my kids

Whew.  Life is busy these days.  With two young kids it feels like we are always on the go and always just squeaking in enough sleep and just somehow getting everyone fed, clothed and to bed on time!  We just finished potty training my son and with my 18 month old in a very exploratory phase (read - into everything, always on the move combined with wanting to do everything herself), our plates are full.  You know when feel like the end of your rope just might be near or when you hit a wall of tiredness and you are forced to slow things down?  I'm pretty sure my husband and I are there.  It's not one thing in particular, but months of a very busy lifestyle and managing many balls in the air.  I know we are not alone in this and that most people with young kids probably feel the same way.  And I know it's cyclical.  We'll get through this phase and life will feel calmer again.  But however exhausted, frustrated or discouraged I get, a healthy dose of perspective goes a long way and I never get bored of making a list of some awesome things I love about my kids (and serves as a good thing to read when they are pushing all your buttons!) and how lucky we are to have them.

• I love that my son comforts his little sister when she cries - "It's okay baby, don't be sad" (She is 18 months and no longer a baby at all, but her older brother still calls her 'baby' most of the time)
• I love that my daughter loves art already and often wants to colour or paint.
• I love that my son loves to help in the kitchen & is starting to know what comes next in a recipe.
• I love that my daughter screams with delight when my husband gets home from work.
• I love that my son has the most infectious giggle.
• I love that my daughter adores my son.
• I love that my son adores spending time at my in-laws farm.
• I love that my daughter sings in her car seat.

Brother and sister hug fest which produced mass giggles - music to my ears!

See?  I feel better already!