Living My Real Life
For starters, I can’t believe how much laundry this family makes! I’ve spent the better part of two days hauling, washing, drying, folding and putting away about 10 loads of laundry. Hmm, another baby into the mix? No problem!
While I fold and carry and trip over random toys, my boys have been playing together well. There are more wheeled vehicles and toys in my house than I can count. Lately, Max has taken to giving Colby what Max calls “field trips.” Check it out.
Basically, Max picks a vehicle and rigs up whatever kind of trailer he can think of to pull Colby around the house. Sometimes, it’s a bottomless tent and Colby actually crawls behind him, inside the tent, Flintstone-style. Boys are hilarious!
I just can’t tell what Max is going to be. He loves Monster Trucks, trailers, tractors and the Power Rangers, but, also, he’s a bit of a pastry chef. He adores baking. He’s quite the master with the KitchenAid mixer. This morning, at his insistence, we had banana bread out of the oven by 8:30 and a double batch of sugar cookie dough whipped up and in the freezer for later by 9.
I’ve had a busy couple of days, and I’ll soon be off to a Girls’ Weekend with my mom, sis, aunts and cousins. I can’t wait to relax and reconnect with these amazing women!
So, tonight, a bit of a random post. But I’m living the real life, the one where you want to lock your husband out of the house when he gets home from work in dirty clothes because you have–finally–rid your house of every single dirty piece of laundry and, just for awhile, you want to keep it that way. I’m living the life where one second I’m hearing “Mommy, you’re my best friend” and, not five minutes later, from the same kid, “You ruined my life!” after I’ve refused bubble gum for the 50th time in one day. I’m living the life where I’m looking around the homestead, so proud of the house we’ve built and missing my husband who has been busy and away a lot this week, but knowing that we’ll have the rest of our lives to hang out and that this weekend is for me and the women, the glue, of my family.
So long for now. I’ve got some living to do. But I’ll be back to tell you all about it.
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That made me smile, to think of Max taking Colby on "field trips". I don't know what Max is going to be, either, but I think it's going to be something great. He has a great spirit. Have fun this weekend and try not to think about how much laundry will accumulate while you're gone! Ha.