The kids were all up by 6:45 this morning. Yes, ALL of them, even sleepyhead Annie. I was shocked. I actually took this picture yesterday before Annie got up but she's on the other side of Brady right now.
Right now they're all snuggled up on the couch, watching Barnyard and waiting for mom to make breakfast. Mom is sucking down her first cup of coffee and waiting for the caffeine to kick in before attacking the day.
I love this. I wish they could be here all the time. In fact, Annie keeps asking if she and Sarah can just live with us and visit their mom. I don't really know what to say to that except, "Well, honey, that's something we may talk about someday" and leave it at that. You know, kind of like the vague answer to the question, "Where do babies come from?" My answer to that is, "Babies are a gift from God." Pretty good, huh?
Glynn had to go to work today (hey, SOMEBODY's gotta work around here *snort*) but he's taking off Thursday and Friday. I don't know what we've got planned yet and it doesn't really matter. Glynn and I had the revelation awhile ago that we don't have to spend a ton of money on the girls to let them know how much we love them. In fact, when we ask them what they want to do, they usually say, "Let's just hang around the house." or maybe "Can we visit David and Ira?" or "I wanna make cookies with Jodie." or "Can we have dance night?"
I think that when we were overseas we used to feel so guilty about not seeing them that we would just go all out when we DID have them. But those girls just want to be loved. They don't care what we do as long as we're together. Sure, the big trips are still fun and we'll still do that stuff, but it doesn't have to be an everyday event anymore.
Take today, for example. We will probably have makeover time (and yes, Brady WILL get his toenails painted ...hey, the boy's got 3 big sisters, it's bound to happen) and plenty of outdoor time (it's BEAUTIFUL today). We've also planned to bake cookies and I'm gonna have the girls make dinner with me. I've promised them that I'll teach them to cook and they love it.
I never thought that I would love being a stay-at-home-mom so much. (I know it's only for a week right now but bear with me, I'm going somewhere with this). Before I had kids, I was always like, "I don't understand those women that go to school for so long and work so hard to get their degrees and just give it all up." Now I'm one of those women. Funny how life works that way, huh? I'm not saying I would give it up completely, but I would love to only work part time and have much more time with the kids. At least until the little ones start school full time.
Hmmm.
Who'dve thunk it? Jodie, the domestic goddess. HA! (Just don't look under my sofa).
The kids are clamoring for breakfast so I'd better get back to my job that I love. More updates to come!
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