Resolution Fulfilled

Back at the start of the year, I wrote a post about how I intended to enjoy 2012.  This was predictably followed by two months of sickness and depression.  However, it's time I updated that resolution to note, for posterity, that I am, indeed, enjoying myself hugely.

I never want to suggest that my life is all sunshine and rainbows (as much as I appreciate how fortunate I am).  There are certainly plenty of down moments, like my recent patch of insomnia, the fact that we are still failing to get my son's naps right, or even the moment today where my son shoplifted a water pistol from Michael's.  I had told him in the store that we weren't going to buy it, but I only saw he was still holding onto it when we got out to the car park.  I marched him right back into the shop and talked very firmly about stealing until he finally put it on a shelf, and we were able to leave with only the merchandise we had paid for.

Anyway, while this space is for me to write about the challenges of parenting, I want to balance it out by recording that I am having a great time with the children lately.  This is probably my last year as a stay at home Mum, one of the few years I've got with really small children, and I'm not pregnant or on any medication.

It helps that we're in that glorious stage of weather before it gets too hot.  I've been taking my daughter for little walks, we've been to the beach to splash on the sandbars at low tide, we've got into the habit of having a picnic at the playground on Thursdays, we're doing bike rides as a family with the kids in a chariot, this Friday we're going to a water park, my son and I do colouring and puzzles and similar activities together while my daughter takes her afternoon nap, my daughter attends babygarden at the library and zoo-tales at the zoo, both children have gym class Wednesday afternoon which is a riot....

Life is good.

So yes, while I fret about how to tackle the latest child problem, let it be known that I am indeed making the most of these amazing moments and loving that I am able to experience them.  Even the simplest things, like cuddling my daughter after dinner today, taking turns to blow in the other's face and giggle.  My children might cause me an awful lot of work, but the playtime is more than worth it.