Children, Children, Children

If any of you have talked to me recently, you have probably heard me say 1 or 2 negative things about my beautiful little girls. I have noticed lately that I get extremely excited at the chance to get away from them for a little while and I always seem to point out their faults to others.

For example:

Jenna always says she has to go potty, but after I take her diaper off, take her pants off, and sit with her, holding her hands for about 10 minutes, she will say she is done, and nothing is to show for it. This is very frustrating to me.

I put Jocelyn in her high chair, feed her, wipe every inch of her body off when she is done (because only 1/3 of the food she was offered went into her mouth-the rest made its way into her hair or down her clothes), and then wipe off her food-crusted sippy cup. I do this about 5 times a day.

And then I do that with Genevieve at 5 DIFFERENT times because they never seem to be hungry at the same time. Luckily, more of the food goes into her mouth!

I watch as Jenna shoves Jocelyn to the floor for no apparent reason at all.

What I don't say enough is the following:

Genevieve sleeps solid at night from 8pm to 7am. She shares a room with Jocelyn who sleeps solid at night from 7:30pm to 7am. Jocelyn takes a daily 2 hour morning nap and both girls take afternoon naps, at the same time, for about 2.5 hours. Basically, I have EXCELLENT sleepers!

If Jocelyn gets fussy, you will hear Jenna say, "It's okay Jocie, don't cry, what do you want?" And then you will see her gently stroke her.

When Jenna does something naughty and I ask her to come here, she comes on "1" (Most of the time) and if I have to get to 2 or 3, she comes running! And while she is running, she says, "I'm coming!" After I scold her for whatever she did, she says, "okay mom" she gives me a hug and then she says, "I love you so much mom!" All of this usually done without being asked!

If Jocelyn has a toy that Jenna really wants, Jenna will go get another toy, hand it to Jocelyn and then take the toy she wanted from Jocelyn. Luckily, Jocelyn is still young enough to be content with the new toy and hasn't realized that Jenna got the better one!

Both girls were born without any health problems.

The girls have 4 grandparents, 8 aunts and uncles, and 7 cousins, who ALL live in Yakima and that they get to see on a very regular basis.

With all of that said, I have to ask myself why I complain so much about the work required to keep them safe, happy, and healthy. My children act like all children do at this age. I have decided to relax and enjoy their company and not to take a moment with them for granted!