"What can young mothers do to reduce the pressure of raising young children and enjoy their families more? Recognize that the joy of motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times. But amid the challenges, there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction. Author Anna Quindlen reminds us not to rush past the fleeting moments. She said: 'The biggest mistake I made as a parent is the one that most of us make...I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of my three children sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less.'"
M. Russell Ballard
Tonight was one of those "moments" captured in photographs, however, I don't know if I want to remember what I was feeling when I came home and saw this!
I guess this is what happens whe you have 5 kids at once ages 1-5, 4 of which are BOYS! (The nephews spent the morning at our house) 
It only took about 45 minutes to clean up, because as soon as you clean something, one of the kids decides to get something back out! Enjoy the moment....enjoy the moment....
1 comment:
I LOVE the quote, its SOOO true. Thats the beauty of blogging, we get to capture those moments and then AFTER we have freaked out we can write a funny post about it. :)
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