BEACH!!

After two weeks of vacation, we are officially addicted to the beach and the "beach bum" lifestyle. Seriously, living in swimsuits and only donning flip flops to go around town in is the life. What is really cool about the whole idea, is that even our two year old son is on board with the "BEACH!!" lifestyle. Every morning, he grabs his swim trunks and yells "BEACH!!" Poor little dude...we live in Central Texas. But hey, we do have a splash park and well, a sprinkler that thankfully are filling the beach void in our lives. Just looking at the bright side!

Day Dreaming

Today, I have to focus on three papers that are due this Friday, normal everyday cleaning, cooking etc, and two sweetie pie kids that need attention. But, I keep finding myself day dreaming about other things. For instance, we're heading to Florida soon and I just keep picturing myself on the coast, feeling the cool ocean breeze and the rush of salt water on my feet. Gotta stop day dreaming gotta stop day dreaming! Oops, here I go again!!

Something Wonderful

Often, as a mom, I question whether my choice to stay home and raise our kids was worth the emotional turmoil that goes on in my own head. Sometimes, I think about the "what if's" in my life. What if I had

done my college years differently? What if I had a great job somewhere? What if? What if? Then something wonderful happens. Through the noise of kids arguing and my own doubts running crazy in my head, I hear my two year old son yell, "MOMMM!" Yep, that's all it takes. I am a mom. The little moments of sweetness that fill my life would not be possible if I worked in a skyscraper somewhere. The flowers (i.e. weeds) that my son brings me would not collect in a cup by the sink if I had done life differently. My four year old daughter who still struggles with being a "big girl" and not a "little tiny mommy's baby" makes me smile when she cheerily sings "Jingle Bells" in the shower...in April. Those little moments collect and blossom into...something wonderful.