Later on, it got better. We had breakfast (food always helps) and then Jamie asked if he could watch this Leap Frog Number Factory movie Adam and he got from the library which is actually educational and teaches him something, so I turned it on for him. I figured it would grant me some peace while I got the beds made and myself dressed for... park-day oh boy! While listening to I'm just a big nothing from the number 0 and being serenaded by whining from my little girl, I reminisced about the good old days. I saw this article about Jason Mraz and his awesome song that has been top of the charts for 71 weeks, and I remembered how Adam used to listen to him before anyone knew who he was. So, I e-mailed Adam Lyman at work and said:
"You knew it... remember we listened to Jason Mraz like when we were first married or even still dating? That guy at the airport made you a cd of his music and we loved listening to it in truck as we cruised to cal poly? And I was 20 pounds lighter and didn't have a stretchy stomach? Fun times!"
Later he replied:
"Strechy stomach... what about my fleeing fleece. You make me laugh."
Those were good times. But these are too. After a pretty long day, I realized my children were so whiny and grumpy this morning because they don't really feel well. Jamie had a temperature this evening and fell asleep on the bed before dinner. And Anna has been coughing. We woke Jamie up to feed him some macaroni and cheese. That's okay, right? I gave him some Tylenol and put him to bed to the sounds of his lullaby music that he still listens to. And then laid with Anna and sang her Primary songs. Her favorite is a song entitled "My Life is a Gift". The words are:
My life is a gift. My life has a plan.
My life has a purpose, in Heaven it began.
My choice was to come this lovely home on Earth,
and seek for God's light to direct me from birth.
I will follow God's plan for me,
holding fast to His word and His love.
I will work and I will pray.
I will always walk in His way.
And I will be happy on Earth.
And in my home above.
My life has a purpose, in Heaven it began.
My choice was to come this lovely home on Earth,
and seek for God's light to direct me from birth.
I will follow God's plan for me,
holding fast to His word and His love.
I will work and I will pray.
I will always walk in His way.
And I will be happy on Earth.
And in my home above.
And she swiftly went to sleep too. They are pretty special and I wouldn't trade my life for the world. Even though it can be crazy sometimes.
2 comments:
I love all of your posts Olivia!! Fun times! We have got to get together soon. I was trying so hard to get to park day on Tuesday, but by the time we were ready it was like 12:15 and I thought that would be ridiculous because everyone would probably already be gone or just about. Hopefully we can get there soon! I know what you mean about crazy kids...and I only have 1. Sometimes I wonder how on earth people with more than one can look so put together, pay $10 for all of their groceries, sew clothes that look like they came out of a catalog, never have a hair out of place, and make it to the gym at 5 am every morning :). But, I do have to agree with you...at the end of the day it's all worth it!
I love the snuggle moments from the little ones. They definitely make up for all the bad moments. And yes, life can be comepletely crazy and sometimes you think what the heck? It is a good thing they are so dang cute!
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