I had that today. My middle child, Kensi, is home from school today because her teachers have a "Kindergarten Roundup" for the next two days. It's where they screen the new kindergartners for the next school year. Kensi gets her weekend a bit early. Since Isabelle is in 1st grade, she had school today so it's just me, Kensi, and William.
I'm in the kitchen cleaning it up and I hear them just a-giggling away. Come around the corner to see this:
She had gotten on his bumblebee and was bouncing around. He saw her and wanted to get on it. So she scooted back (and almost fell off) to give him some room. He was one happy camper! They were both only on it for a few minutes before they got off, but it was a really sweet moment.
After a little while it got a little quieter in the house. Normally that would mean that something not good was happening. I hear Kensi in her sing song voice playing with Barbies. I can hear William ramming trucks together. Come around the other corner and see this:
They had gotten a little tired of playing with each other and started doing their own thing. But they made sure they were right next to each other.
I absolutely love how much love there is between these two. Kensi is old enough to play with her big sister, Isabelle, but still young enough to have fun with William too. He gets left out of a lot of things because he's the only boy. But Kensi always makes sure she makes time to play with him too.
Being a stay at home mom is hard and sometimes I wonder if I should go back to work. Then I see moments like this and I just cant imagine missing them. I love being able to watch the kids grow into their own and have their own personalities. I didn't miss any first steps. I didn't miss any first words. I didn't miss any firsts with any of them. I have been here for it all.
Once William is in school, I'm going to get something part time to help with income. I'm almost dreading it because I love being home so much. I take so much pride in "keeping" my house. I feel such a sense of accomplishment when I get it all cleaned up and pretty. At the end of the night, after I've picked up from the day and have made my "Mommy Rounds", I just feel so content. My kids go to bed every night knowing with absolute certainty that Mommy will be here when they get up and when they get home from school.
These moments today make all the hard days worth it. There isn't enough money in the world that could buy me the moment I had today.
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