Fun with Drew

Drew and I are having fun playing while Tyler is visiting his grandparents in Peoria. Today we had a sock fight which made him laugh.

Happy Mother's Day To Me!

I am sitting downstairs updating this blog in relative peace & quiet as Brian is upstairs busy with the boys. I'm savoring the last bit of Mother's Day listening to all three of my guys laugh their way through bedtime routine. Well, no sooner than I finished the sentence and someone is crying. There is very little peace in a house with a toddler and a preschooler. I know everyone who has lived through these years says they go so quickly. I can already tell that the time does seem to go by fast. It's hard to believe Tyler is already 4 and "little" Drew seems so anxious to be independent. They both seem so eager to grow up and do bigger and better things. There is a constant battle in my head between letting them be adventurous boys and keeping them safely close to me. The day-in, day-out chaos of raising two little boys seems overwhelming, but Mother's Day gives me a chance to step back and put our crazy days in perspective. I know that someday soon I will miss this stage of explaining why shooting Spiderman webs at our Sunday School classmates isn't appropriate. And I will someday soon miss chasing Drew for the fifth time as he escapes the library via automatic doors. So, for now, I will try to cherish these days as much as possible and ask God to help guide me to be the best mom I can be for these deserving little guys.