Slowing down in January

I feel like we are enjoying life a bit more lately.  I don't want or need to do a million things.  

I have found that I don't have to multi task at everything I do.  

I can stop and spend quality time doing one thing.

One example is my kids. 

I use to feel like I needed to be cutting veggies, or making dinner etc... when it was homework time. They sit at the counter, I do my cutting, they do their homework. 

But I am more tired lately, and have realized how much better this time is when I just sit down by them and help them.  I don't have to do multi -task. 

This picture was in Ella's preschool pages. She had to read the sentence then draw a picture.  

We took a picture of Ella's drawing and set it to our favorite person... our daddy. 

The text that I typed with this picture said...

"I told Ella this book has it wrong.  Dad's mop. Not moms.  She said she saw me mop once:) 

I love you Darren Balls"

My sweet husband who knows I don't mop, (that's his special job every week) wrote back and said...

"I dont know if she was alive when it happened. Maybe she saw it from heaven..."

Its true- I did mop once.  It was a great experience.  And sometimes you only get to have those great experiences once!

 

Tyler still enjoys his Saturday breakfasts.  I wish this was a better picture, because he EXHALED this breakfast.  His lips are covered in chocolate.  Waffles+Strawberries+chocolate= love for him

We did have a fun day the other day with cousins, 

Grace, Isaac, Ella, Beth and Miles (Ruth and Aubrey were sleeping, Tyler was at school)

Jenny, Eric, Renee and Ben went skiing. I watched the kids. 

It was a great day because I did it.  Things went well.  

7 kids and it was ok. I didn't get much done, but we had a great day!