My People

There are many days where I'm so exhausted from mothering by the end of the day that I'm literally counting down the minutes till the girls' bedtime so I can collapse on the couch and just have a few minutes of peace & quiet. But there have many many precious moments lately where I'm realizing these little ones who I read to all day long, constantly remind them to finish their meals, help them in the bathroom, yell at them to stop doing this or that...they are slowly but surely becoming "my people." My friend Angela and I will use that phrase from time to time to describe new people we meet..they're either "our kind of people" or they're just not. ;)  The Goins are clearly our people, ha! Anyways, all of that to say, somehow, these little people who I mother day in and day out...are suddenly becoming my people, who I actually enjoy spending time with.

I literally had to drag these two out of the card aisle at Target...clearly, they are my people! Shelby kept reading the "humor" cards and was just laughing hysterically at each one. When I told her it was time to go, she kept saying "But wait, you need to hear this one!" ;)  What can I say, we are cut from the same cloth!

Speaking of Target, I ran up there with Shelby one night this week to let her spend some of her money that she's earned on something of her choosing from the One Spot. On her own accord, she found a Sofia coloring book and exclaimed: "Oh, Sissy would LOVE this! Can I buy it for her?" I mean, seriously! A five year old used her OWN money to buy a gift for her sister. I just can't even..we hit the jackpot with these girls!

This girl is pretty special, too. Yesterday, we had a couple packages to drop off at the post office while Shelby was at school. Of course, the line was practically out the door at the post office b/c everyone is trying to mail Christmas gifts at the same time. Throughout the long 20 minute wait, this girl was just as sweet as could be & charming. I'm pretty sure every single person there wanted to take her home. Since we didn't have anywhere to be after the post office, I treated this girl to Chicken Minis at Chick-fil-a...she was in heaven! Because Hadley sleeps in so late, she always eats breakfast (dry cereal & fruit) in the car on the way to school...so this was quite the special treat for Hadley! We had the best time on our little breakfast date!

Since I've been in the trenches of parenting young children for the past 5 years, I've often wondered how these little people who I take care of will somehow turn into my friends one day. I know it will happen b/c my mom is truly my best friend who I talk to every single day, but it's just such a weird thought to think of my babies as big people one day. But I can feel it happening right before my eyes now, they're growing up and becoming people I truly enjoy spending time with. I don't want to wish away a single minute, but I can't wait to see who they turn out to be! We're so blessed to be their parents!

And on a lighter note, Shelby told me yesterday that a clap is kind of like giving yourself a high five. So in case you were ever wondering how you might give yourself a high five, there you go! You learn something new every day! ;)