Keepin' Busy

We've been managing to squeeze in some fun during our "free" days this past month. It's crazy how much less time we have on our hands now that we have three mornings of preschool for Caleb (one of which is also a preschool day for Leah). On top of that, we have MOPS to keep us busy several other mornings a month. And if that wasn't enough, I'm also watching my neighbors' youngest kid a couple times a week. I've even contemplated trying to get back into subbing, but I'm just not sure how that'll fit into the schedule.

This seemingly busy schedule has made me realize just how precious these early years are. These are the years when we don't have to answer to a 5-days-a-week-all-day school schedule. And we don't have to shuffle kids from one extracurricular activity to the next all week long. For the most part, we have time on our hands to still just do what we want! I also find that the more time we spend just sitting at home, the more likely I am to lose my mind to playing referee ALL.DAY.LONG! Caleb and Leah have definitely hit that phase where they do things just to push each others' buttons. So, the solution is to stay busy and get the heck out of the house when we can!

This past month we've gone to two very fun places:

FAIR OAKS FARMS

(it's a huge dairy farm in Indiana)

THE ZOO

(Daddy even got to join us for this trip)

It's funny how after only a couple of years doing this stay-at-home mom thing, I've realized just how quickly the years go by. I thought staying at home would make things slow down a bit and would give me the chance to soak up these early years a bit more. While I think I've done some major soaking, I also think I tend to take for granted the blessing of being home. There are days when I get so focused on what "needs" to get done that I fail to simply put the vacuum down, hold off on the laundry one more day, and just say "let's go have fun". Now, I'm less than a year away from sending our first baby off to kindergarten and I already wish I could rewind and get some of those earlier days back!