Yep, that's right, I am writing a blog about washing my car today...among other things. I picked up the kids from school today and decided to go get the van washed and clean it out. The kids were a big help, they threw all the trash away, which, by the way, was a massive amount of trash. It's unbelievable what can accumulate in the car when you have kids! Of course in the midst of this, my youngest woke up and got hungry, so I'm sitting at the car wash nursing the baby and the older 3 kids are going in and out of the car throwing trash away and putting all the stuff to keep in bags. I'm thinking to myself, this must be a sight to see! The lady in the car next to me looked over and just smiled and shook her head. She said she thought she had her hands full with one. It made me realize how strong women are. I have to admit, when I had one kid, I would get so flustered and think, no way could I handle more than one kid. I would look at moms with 2, 3 and 4 kids and think to myself that I could never do that. But here I was at a car wash with my 4 kids! It amazes me some days that I can handle it. But we are equipped to handle what we're given. I have friends with more kids than me and I don't think I could handle that, but I guess in the end, I could. Not that I'm going to. 4 is enough for me. It just made me appreciate how much I've grown since I became a mom. My patience is worlds apart from what it used to be. Some days I feel like I'm going a little insane, but I realize that I can handle what life throws at me.
On another note, I made a baby wrap today for the sole purpose of going to a football game on Saturday with my in-laws and all the kids. I had no clue what in the world I would do with an 8 week old baby at a football game. I guess we'll see how that goes. Just one more "can I do this with 4 kids" situation!
As for my "what happened today" moment. Well...the baby smiled and was "talking" to her big sister today. I watched them do this for about 20 minutes. It's amazing how much earlier she is starting to do all that than my other kids did. I love watching that and thinking about what their relationship will be like when she gets older. It makes me so happy that my kids have such great relationships.
I have a whole different blog to write, but it will have to wait till later. I just spent an hour getting the baby to sleep and now she's awake again. I think I'm turning into more of a pacifier than a source of food, but that's just one more thing I'm telling myself to enjoy because it's the last time I'm going to experience it.
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