Most weekends around here are pretty busy. Friday nights we go to my brother in law’s high school football game. Saturday, we have little league football (cheer) and OU football. Sunday - church and catching up on whatever chores we left undone throughout the week. Somewhere in there we make time for grocery shopping, yard work, dog baths, etc. etc. Sometimes it's easy to get lost in all these things and we forget to slow down and just enjoy the time we get with our kids. With all the things we were doing yesterday, we made sure to make time to do something just for them.
Football & Pumpkins!
Since the OU v Texas game was an earlier game and Brooklynn and I had to be at the field for cheer at 1245 in a town an hour away, we chose to divide and conquer. Normally Mitchell goes to the games to watch Brooklynn cheer and wrangle the 2 little ones in the stands while I coach. Yesterday he and Sawyer went to Mimi and Grandad’s house to watch OU beat Texas. My mom went with me to Brooklynn’s game so she could sit with Ellisyn and see Brooklynn cheer. Unfortunately, our little league team did not have the same outcome as OU. We lost... by alot, but we had fun cheering on the sidelines anyway.
Last week at fall family night at church the girls got pumpkins and they have been asking to paint them all week. We invited a couple cousins (Ryleigh & Lincoln) to come join us to paint pumpkins, eat dinner, and make bracelets (I have been on a bracelet making kick lately and my niece asked the other day if she could make some with me sometime). It was so sweet to watch all of them enjoy each other and get paint everywhere. Ellisyn especially enjoyed painting everything but her pumpkin. Our front sidewalk is quite colorful now, as was the bath water last night. After painting and eating some delicious homemade chili for dinner we broke out the beads. Sitting and watching them make bracelets for their friends, helping chase beads across the floor and eventually tying off the bracelets, seeing how proud they were to show off what they made.. that really was a joy to see. We ended our night with Apple Cider and said goodnight to cousins.
These were both small things, but they were things the kids love doing and it made them feel really special that we took the time to do something just for them. Since becoming a SAHM I have really tried to focus more on spending that quality time with the girls. Sometimes that means putting aside household duties for a little bit. I have always struggled some doing that. I saw a TikTok a couple weeks ago that said toddlers love language tends to be play so when they ask, “will you play with me?” think of it as them asking, “will you love me?” That really stuck with me so I have been trying to remember the laundry and dishes can wait because my little girls only get to be little for so long.
Do you struggle with the balance of household duties and spending that time with your child(ren)?
--Alysha
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