Pre kids, when I only had Jackson to dote on, John used to say that I was going to put the mother in smother. He’s a funny guy. This year is my third Mother’s Day as a mom. It’s still pretty crazy I have three kids…daughters at that.
I’ve been treated to a very nice weekend. John took Friday off and he’s been spoiling me with time to myself, chocolate, coffee, and two little girls saying “Happy Mommy Day Mommy - I love you so much.” on command. He even managed to convince Claire to sleep for 8 hours last night!
I hadn’t thought of the smothering jokes for awhile, but it’s on days like today where I realize how wrong John was. Maybe if I was working it would be different, but I find on days where I am entitled to the royal treatment all I ever ask for is that I have to do absolutely nothing child related. I am happy to enjoy them and play with them but when it comes to meals, baths and the daily grind I am more than happy to go upstairs and read my book! I am very lucky to have a husband who can handle the monkeys without me but I will leave all that for my Father’s Day post.
I hadn’t realized it had been so long since I’d updated. Since my last post of any substance, my parents got back from Florida. They stayed with us for just over a week and it was very nice to have them back. We were out doing things pretty much every day and we spent one day at the Toronto Zoo. I am actually excited (which will be surprising to those of you who read the previous paragraph and wondered why I had kids) to do different things with them this summer. They got such a kick out of the zoo and we didn’t have to worry about naps or behaviour. They were happy, excited and curious to see everything. Claire is still easy so I think this summer is going to be all about Leah and Emma. I can’t believe they are going to be 3 in just a few weeks.
The weather has been fantastic for at least 2 weeks now. The girls are out of their early spring clothes and right into their summer stuff. I don’t know if it is the lack of diaper or bulky clothes but all of a sudden they both look so tall and grown up.
Claire is doing well. She’s starting to get really fussy when she’s tired and I think her days of napping amongst all of the commotion are nearly done. I have started putting her up in her crib for naps and she’s sleeping a lot better. She is so much more aware of her surroundings these past couple of weeks and I think she fights off sleep because she’s scared she’s going to miss something. I’ll update after her appt tomorrow. Everyone keeps on telling me how big she is so it will be interesting to see the weigh in results.
I hope everyone is having a nice Mother’s Day - especially those of you that are celebrating your first.
