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Making time for fun, just fun is hard for me. I always feel the things I need done weighing on me. I admit to needing to have some down time. I hate being gone every single day, deadline after deadline. Today I made plans to go to the discovery museum with a friend. I hated to leave the tasks I needed to do undone. To give up my only non scheduled day. I almost canceled and did not go. Yet somehow as I sat there watching my girls (who will soon be grown up) I realized its more important to take time to play to have fun then to always be getting stuff done. It's a balance and I am working on finding it. I just don't want to spend all my time cleaning etc that I miss the moments of enjoyment and fun I can have with my kids while they are young enough to enjoy it with me. I let others get that opportunity way too much. Last night we went swimming while Lindsey did swim team and today we played. I still had time for laundry and cleaning too. Thanks Hillary for helping me stop and do that today.
I know when I look back upon these years I won't remember how clean my house only the moments and memories I spend with my kids.
Ps-Please tell my twins to stop making play time at 4:30am. Yes they turn on the lights and begin playing in the middle of the night. A lot. See its all about balance and that is off balance.
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Yikes, AM? Ouch! Isn't it amazing that they can stay awake all day?
I always remind myself that when I'm on my death bed I will never say, "I wish I had spent more time owrrying abut money, or cleaning the house."
Still it's hard to balance everything and find time to like you said "have fun."
Good luck on the balance beam! :)
I have this same problem Laura. It is hard to just have fun and play when I know there are things that need done, but your right the play time and being together is much more important that the housework.
Thanks for the reminder.
I am glad you came! It was nice to have a little adult conversation in my day. We really should do that again sometime.
I hope the girls took a nice nap for you when you got home.
That is something I was really good at with the first ones. I don't want my kids to remember me as the one with the perfect house, I want them to remember me as the one who made time for them and did fun stuff. I'm afraid that I'll just be the bossy one who always made them do chores more until it was done 'right'!
That is such a hard balance for me to find. Good for you to get out for some play time. I am starting to realize just how fast they grow up!
great post... also something that i struggle with. why is finding balance so difficult?
4:30 am? Double Yikes. I'll send them a memo. :)
4:30...Ayiahh do they go back to sleep? I hear you about leaving a dirty house to go play. I cringe when I shut the door sometimes hoping that no one will stop by and peak. hah hah
Your kids will remember having fun with yuo, and not how well the house was kept. Good for you for making time for play!
Are your twins talking my my baby. She's been doing the same thing the past 2 nights. And she sleeps in our room which means I don't sleep either.
Good luck with all the balancing. When you find out the secret could you let me know. :)
4:30 am...Oh my Goodness that is just wrong.
I am the opposite of you when it comes to play...LOL. All I wanna do is go on adventures with the girls. My hubby thinks we need to do more things around the house...which we do. As long as I can walk around barefoot without cringing we are all good :)
Hillary is good for that isn't she? She is an excellent example of a good mom...but I have to say YOU seem to take more time for fun than you give yourself credit for. Random hikes, circus trips, back to school lunch traditions, dirt biking...and reading your blog is fun for me!
Hi, I saw your blog on "The Princess and the Peas" and loved the blog you wrote, so I thought I would comment. My name is Jeanie and I am new to the blogging world....but I am already addicted. I think that is a bad thing though, because my days are flying by so fast already. :) I have twin nephews that were born August 19th. They are playing every hour on the hour, haha. I am sure it is hectic to find time to sleep with twin babies. But I know what you mean about leaving the chores and spending quality time with your kids. It seems like as soon as I get up in the morning, before I know it its time to go to bed again. Where does the time go? It is flying by and my babies aren't babies anymore, it is so sad, exciting to see them grow and learn, but sad to lose the baby cheeks and the cute language. Anyways cute page, one day I'll learn how to do more to mine, I'm happy with it for now. Talk to you later, Jeanie
I need to take more time to play too. Glad you have had the chance to enjoy yourself and the kids.
This is the one of the hardest things to find in life... balance. But it is all a balancing act and I have a hard time slowing down and just being in in the moment with my family too if there are dishes, laundry ect... sometimes you have to take a day off:)
This is something I need to learn too. I think it will be a life long journey to learn it for me!
♥ I've been having a hard time getting my kids to sleep at night lately. Today I didn't give the 3 little ones a nap and they all went right to sleep... I'm just not sure if I can handle the last 4 hours of the day w/out nap time. Although bed time was wonderful! :)
Happy Birthday Laura!
I am so glad Cali doesn't get up at 4:30 a.m. UGH. I am glad you were able to go to the discovery museum. I need to take Cali soon. She will love to go.
It's good you have friends who "make" you take that time off for fun. It's important!
Hope you had a wonderful birthday! I loved this post because who know what a task-oriented person I am. I rarely play with my kids. We are having a lot of fun on the kids' individual dates with Mom and Dad though. Lloyd and I enjoy them just as much or even more than the kids. I think it's one of the best ideas I've actually followed through with. I did get a church book called "Piggyback Rides and Slippery Slides" that talks about having more fun with your children. I've read a few pages and was very impressed. Unfortuately, I haven't picked it up in months. Let's try not to be so hard on ourselves; we don't need one more thing to feel guilty about. You're a terrific mother. Take care!
Balancing stuff is hard!!! I feel the same way sometimes and then I feel like we do too much fun around here and that I'm not teaching the kids enough...its a never ending cycle I get myself into. It rots!
Oh, and 4:30 AM? Ugh. I'm SORRY!!!
So you're a Libra? We Libras have a VERY difficult time with the whole balance thing, yet desperately need it! I'm just like you in this situation, and struggle letting go of the things I think are important. The past few weeks I've just said phooey with the house, and played played played!
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