Stewart Entourage: where does time go

February 21, 2014

where does time go

I hate to be cliché but the truth is I feel like I was just holding my first born in my arms wondering what her voice was going to sound like or overwhelmed by how I was going to be her mother.

Time goes by quick. I can not believe my little girl is 3 now.

A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm. ~Bill Vaughan

I try to remember this when I feel the need to buy a new toy because I am excited about the pretty pink princess doll she is loving on in the middle of Target. The minute or sometimes even the second we walk out the door she is already wanting something new.

Parenting a three year old is not buying new things or having the best of anything. For Madison, it is about creating fun new memories we talk about at night or meeting new friends at the park. Those are memories she enjoys. She loves playing hide and seek or rolling down the front lawn hill, while the pile of toys sit in her room. Now, do not get me wrong, she loves toys too. The difference is she rarely remembers them after that day {Until Carson is walking around with the new toy and she thinks her world is crumbling apart}.

Children make your life important. ~Erma Bombeck

My life was important before children but now I feel like I truly have more purpose. I am responsible for these little munchkins. Ben and I are forming them into responsible, loving, forgiving, kind people. Everyday. Every Moment. Every Decision. Every Action. We are the role models they look to. My purpose is their being.

A characteristic of the normal child is he doesn't act that way very often. ~Author Unknown

Oh how this rings true for our family. Ben and I discuss on a routine basis, "Why is she so whiny" or "He is just fussy" or "What happened to our kids!?!"

Normal is just that, the whiny, fussing, "something has to be wrong" child. When a perfect day comes along we look at each other like "wow, that was an awesome day." Normal is the abnormal day. Life is about that unpredictability of the children. You just really never know which one you are going to get.

Through our 3 years as parents we have discovered a true happiness in our marriage and in our family. Never could we have imagined life being THIS good. I mean the amazing, perfect, joyful, loving life. We had it good before kids and now... it is overwhelmingly great!

We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.

Roy L. Smith

We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.

Roy L. Smith

We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.

Roy L. Smith