Our house is such an amazingly serene place right now with Ivan and Dominique gone. Emora is so much more relaxed, not as clingy and more confident. I have seen 2 different friends and she went up to each of them giving them cuddles and kisses! She has never done that before, always wanting to be in my arms. This makes me think that maybe she is a m
ore introverted, quiet personality and that she is a little overwhelmed by the chaos of a house with 2 other preschoolers dominating the landscape.
The minute we got home, I started picking up toys and clutter knowing that the house would stay uncluttered the entire week that the big kids are gone. This gave me an immediate thrill of delight. Brian set his music gear up in a room and got to play uninterrupted. This hiatus is wonderful. We had energy and time at our disposal with Emora gone to bed and the house to ourselves, precious commodities around here. It's also extremely weird, like having an arm missing- the delight of which is that I know I will get them back in a week, so I am just trying to relish and enjoy the freedom right now.
Here are the pics from when Brian and his partner got to switch out the sliding glass doors with French doors. I am really enjoying them. It's so wonderful to have all the light shining in and to be able to see outside into the yard so freely.
It's also interesting to discover things about ourselves with this vacation away from the big kids. I have gotten to where I really dread cleaning the house. I thought it was because I hate cleaning. And while it is not my favorite thing to do, this morning, I really enjoyed it. Emora and I pumped up the music and it was so great to watch the house become clean and beautiful. So now I know that it's not the cleaning I dread, but trying to clean with all the kids under foot and the knowledge that all that work will be destroyed in less time than it took me to write this post. I'm not complaining that they are tirelessly messy, because that is just part of having young kids, but I am glad to discover I'm not just a lazy bum about it and that this will get better with time as they are more capable of helping keep the house more manageable.
1 comment:
It is so glad to hear that someone else thinks that they are messy since kids. I struggle with that too. I always try to remind myself that I wasn't always messy and chronically unorganized before I had kids. Yes I could ignore my house now and again - but its not the same as the destruction that kids bring with them.
But as I am sure you will agree - I'll take the mess that comes with these wonderful little guys.
God bless you and your week of near freedom!
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