Having three children under 4 is a challenge. Add housework and two jobs to that and well it can be more like chaos or swimming upstream or slowly drowning... A constant fight to stay above a complete meltdown. Okay, not Constant... IF I maintain proper perspective.
I once read a blog that said, "If you find the kids are driving you insane, maybe it's time to stop what you're doing and give them one-on-one attention." Wow. That has changed my world. I'm always multitasking and the craziness builds until I can't handle it. I can either explode or stop. I'm trying more often to stop... Get in the floor to play, paint their itty-bitty toenails, spin around the room and dance, teach my girls to do jumping jacks or cartwheels in the living room or read a book. Almost always my perspective changes. I remember that they are only my babies for a little while. The house will always need cleaning and there will always be laundry.
Evelyn is growing so fast. She was born just yesterday, and yet she's 4 months old! She's trying to sit up, she can scoot and roll herself anywhere she wants to go and she loves to laugh and make eye contact to tell you a funny story. Tonight she turned her head sideways in the bathtub (so half of her face was under water) and started trying to drink the water! It was hilarious and she was so proud. I don't want to miss those moments.
Mikayla loves to play dress up, but always puts on a shirt that's way too big and backwards. Then she runs in circles falling down on purpose and then laughing hysterically. Or she opens the wipes and pulls out a good dozen to clean her baby's bottom. She surprises me daily with new words that I didn't know she knew. It happens so fast that I'm not even remembering the new words she said today. That makes me sad. I pray that God can refresh my memory or give me the wisdom to stop and write it down at the moment.
Jami comes up with something new and amazing every minute. At times she will sing all of the words to a song that I didn't even know she knew. And I'm one of THOSE moms that loves to see the joy on her face when she carries Evelyn to the living room or helps Kayrae out of her bed. Those are all scary things for a 3 year old to do but she's so proud that I just stay close and let it happen. Today she helped me fold laundry and did a great job! I was so proud of her. Our new thing right now is working on her letters. We have an app on the iPad that helps her draw her letters and she is very excited about it. Ive really got to stay on top of it because she learns as fast as I can teach her. At church a few weeks ago, her teacher taught about being sweet (happy or nice) or being sour (unhappy or mean) and she is constantly telling us if we're being sour. Not that we're always being sour, but it left an impression on her and she thinks about it often.
They are all so smart and growing so fast. Deep breath... take it all in.
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