How do these kids keep growing up so fast?! It really is wonderful to have growing and developing kids and I’ve enjoyed each stage of development, hardly wishing for the next phase to come faster but relishing the delights of the present. Montana is off for a sleepover with one set of her loving grandparents and while driving home tonight after dropping her off we were talking about her first sleepover – how long ago it was, how much she’s grown, how little she missed us. Hooray for grandparents and hooray for family sleepovers and hooray for sleepovers at grandparents’. It is a fun time for the grandchild, as a fondly remember, and its fun for the grandparents, too, I’m sure. I love having Montana come home from a visit to either of her grandparents’ home and hear about the fun they’ve had and the time she’s spent with these special people. Thanks grandparents!
Needless to say, it was little too quiet at home with her gone, but I enjoyed having the time to spend some one-on-one time with Asher (even if he did talk on the play phone the entire time I changed him into PJs. However he was talking to had some funny things to say!). And so tonight I face another weekend, one where I’ve got full coverage for one of my two. What can I get done?! Eric is planning on some sprinkler system work – ahh, the endless work of home maintenance. Yet, I’m contemplating whether I should paint the bathroom or if I’ve got the gumption to start painting the bedroom – ahh the endless work of home development. But what about just kicking back and resting? Reading? I always want to end the weekend with a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment. But too often I just get paralyzed by indecision on what to do that Saturday comes and goes without any progress anywhere. Or I’m going, going and exhaust myself and sometimes leave things halfway finished. I face this same cycle every weekend to work or to play, and how hard.
So I’m taking an informal poll – In your life, where is the balance between work and play on Saturdays? Is Saturday’s the day set aside to do the dusting, laundry, home projects? Or do you sleep in, watch Saturday morning cartoons (not that there are any good ones anymore), make lemonade, go as your fancy takes you? I can’t wait to hear – maybe you can help me find more balance.
In the meantime, I’m posting a picture of Montana during a recent game of “Freeze tag”. Grandpa let her sit frozen for sometime while he caught his breath. She and I played it a few nights ago and I finally begged off and switched to Red light, Green light so I be still for a rest. She hardly eats, where does she get the energy?!
