Halloween was so fun this year! Addison was a ladybug and Aiden was a dinosaur. We went trick or treating down town. They weren't totally sure of the concept but Addi loved walking around and looking at all the people!
Last weekend we went Pumpkin Pickin' up at a U-Pick Pumpkin Patch. The kids had a good time and it was so much fun to pick our own pumpkins right off the vine!
You know how sometimes your just listening to your playlist and a song comes on that stops you in your tracks and brings tears to your eyes...This one did for me tonight..
It's so easy to get lost inside
A problem that seems so big, at the time
It's like a river that's so wide
It swallows you whole
While you're sittin round thinking about what you can't change
And worryin' about all the wrong things
Time's flying by, moving so fast
You better make it count, cause you can't get it back
Sometimes that mountain you've been climbing
Is just a grain of sand
What you've been out there searchin for forever
Is in your hands
Oh, When you figure out love is all that matters after all
It sure makes everything else
Seem so small
One of the magazines I subscribe to is having an essay contest about motherhood. Participants are asked to write an essay and submit a photo that illustrates the story. The prompt for the essay is "What does motherhood mean to me?" Here's what I wrote:
Some days it's still hard for me to believe that I'm a mother, let alone a mother to twins. Being a mother is like nothing I expected and everything I hoped for. It's hard to believe that someone with such tiny fingers and toes can have such a big place in your heart. To me, motherhood means realizing that the imperfections are perfect. It’s finding joy in the little everyday moments. It’s viewing the whole world in a new light – rocks become fascinating, empty boxes provide hours of entertainment, licking the cookie dough bowl is a rewarding experience and laundry is fun again! Even though the chores take twice as long, there’s no forgetting the proud smiles of accomplishment on my twins’ faces after the dishwasher has been loaded or the clothes have been folded. I’m realizing that no one is going to remember if my shelves were dusted or my floor was clutter free, but my kids are going to remember all the times we chased each other in the backyard and danced to Raffi in the living room. I’m happily treasuring every smile, giggle and new achievement and storing them in my heart. Motherhood is nothing short of amazing!
I LOVE decorating for fall and I LOVE scarecrows! I have several around the house. One of my favorite scarecrows is a 2 foot guy that stands by our door. Before I put him in place I let the twins have a meet 'n greet with him.
I am a firm believer in that. There have been MANY times when I'm having a hard time expressing feelings or trying to find the right words when a song comes on that says it PERFECTLY!! Hopefully that helps explain a few of my posts below. I was listing to my itunes tonight and all these songs kept coming on so I thought I'd better "journal" them. I remember finding all kinds of songs with my roomie April and applying them to our life. Ahhh...memories!
