I have spent a lot of time thinking the past few days...I've been going at a slower pace (which is NOT helping in any way to get laundry caught up) and other than the two medication-haze of last Thursday and Friday (not complaining...I got lots of sleep), I've actually been awake most of the time and missing holding the baby and picking him up when he is crying and cuddling with the twins (who are about the farthest thing from "gentle" as you could imagine), which prompted me to think of some of the things they have taught me...without further ado...
1. Toads glow when you feed them lightning bugs. Yeah, they really do...kind of a creepy~cool thing. Mostly creepy.
2. Stretch marks don't hurt. Neither do wrinkles. Or grey hair.
3. No matter how hard a peaceful mama tries, when she has boys, and they reach a certain age, EVERYTHING becomes a gun. Their forks, their toothbrushes, the baby's diaper... Nothin' I can do.
4. Screaming and being loud, just for the sake of screaming and being loud...is fun!
5. Toads are bumpy, frogs are slimy.
6. Mushrooms are gross. (I still don't think this, and I have a hunch they got this tidbit from their father, who shares the sentiment)
7. Blue + purple + yellow + green + white + black + a lot of other bottles of Mama's acrylics make a GREAT medium with which to paint a perfectly nice dresser. (and the carpet)
8. Gallon size ziplock baggies fit just right over Jonah's head...but don't come off nearly as easily. Good thing I'm pretty laid back...Only my "extra special" guy would think of this...but it had to quickly be ripped off of his head. (Aye yi yi!)
9. Ed, Edd & Eddy is Good TV.
10. Hugs and a sweet "I love you" makes it all worth it.
11. Never tell your 5 year old "Don't put dishwashing detergent in the dishwasher." Because they'll do it. (Good thing I saw it before they ran it!)
12. Sometimes the sweetest thing you can hear is "Thank you, Mama!" (made even sweeter by little speech impediments...VERY sweet: Kank You and TAHNK EEWWWW)
13. Intent does count for something...even though its made a bigger mess for me to clean up...they WANTED to help!
14. Roller skates + Jonah + being at the top of the downhill sloping driveway = something not good. (although he doesn't feel pain...I hurt!)
15. A "SNAP" when a child jumps off the back of a couch is not a good thing...even if he doesn't feel pain. (It means a broken foot!)
OK...I'm sure there are plenty more...those are the ones I could think of off the top of my head...Life is good. I'm going to go cuddle with my boys...even if they jump on me...its worth it!