Just stay little.
November 06, 2008
If you are still in the process of raising children, be aware that the tiny fingerprints that show up on almost every newly cleaned surface, the toys scattered about the house, the piles and piles of laundry to be tackled will disappear all too soon and that you will—to your surprise—miss them profoundly.
Oh how true!!! The total chaos around the house (like Ian pulling out the entire roll of toilet paper and his new found skill of sneaking utensils out of the kitchen and putting them in the washing machine) is simply physical proof that I live with angles. Funny angels. Clever angels. Know-how-to-push-me-to-my-limit angels…but angles. Oh…I wish they could just stay tiny forever! I just hope that when we are all big and fat and old, that we will still love each other just as much…maybe even more. But I sometimes find that hard to imagine! Just stay little!
8 Comments for this entry
Leave a Reply
Newest Books
FABRIC
See our Children at Play Dollhouse
D E C O R A T E
S T I T C H
P L A Y
R E A D
W E A R
G I V E
Awww . . . what a sweet photo, one that any mom would cherish!
My husband likes to pretend that our little ones will always stay yay high, but the oldest is already 13, and it’s proof that it happens overnight. We try to treasure each day and each mess–like when we just discovered, just now, that the toddler has hit some mysterious sequence of buttons on the stereo to permanently program the volume all the way UP. It’ll be funny–when the ringing stops!
you will see how wonderful it is when they are a little older!!!!! each moment are great! even when they are no more so little…
(I am french, so I hope you understand me!lol!)
I keep trying to remind myself to ignore the mess and treasure this time. Pretty soon they will be too big to pick up and spin around and my “acting silly” will be more embarrassing than funny. Sigh!
Don’t worry… there’s something magical too about putting your arm around your child’s shoulder and looking at them eye to eye. (Not to mention they still occasionally act like they’re 2!)
I love that quote! They are tiny little angels indeed, that keep us in our toes all day and parts of the night..and yes they will grow sooner than we realize…there isn’t much to do about that…but i know I will enjoy these moments as they come.
Beautifully written Sarah Jane!
well thanks you guys…good to know that it still is so much fun when they are older:) Still makes me want to take every moment and make it count though. I will admit again…there are a lot of messes with little ones..but oh so worth it:)
I know exactly what you mean. I have a 17 and a 15 year old, and the time flew, but now I have a 2 year old , and we are treasuring every moment!