This past weekend Kyle and I tried our hand at faux-parenting. We babysat for three kids, second cousins of Kyle's, for about 48 hours.
I was skeptical that we could handle it all, mostly because I'm not used to entertaining anyone but Kyle (and let's face it, that isn't hard), but also because of the age range: 6 - 14. These kids are super active, too. And I'm just not Miss Active anymore. At one time, maybe. But weekends are my time to unwind and do very little.
Turned out, the weekend was a blast. We did the soccer parent thing on Saturday. We played games and read stories and went to a park on our first most beautiful day of Spring weather. I furthered the addiction of Chicken Foot dominoes to two girls whose birthdays are this month (I think I know what they're getting). All in all, we survived and had fun in the process.
Let me just say that these kids are incredible. Not only do they love being active and playing games above all else, but they got along so well. Very little "you probably shouldn't do that" or "let's not repeat that" type of correction had to take place. We didn't have to separate anyone because of fighting or ask for apologies. My siblings and I were never that well behaved.
Needless to say, we have three new friends. At the same time, we came home exhausted and thanking God that kids don't pop out aged 6, 11, or 14. They call them baby steps for a reason, I think. Baby steps to the idea of having kids. Baby steps to having a baby. Baby steps through cuteness and tantrums and teeth falling out and sports and boyfriends, etc.
I've realized more and more that my life feels full but it could be even more so. I have choices to make every day about how I'll spend my time and with whom. In light of that, I'm taking a break from blogging. It has been very therapeutic for me these last four years, but I need to focus elsewhere and I've been doing a terrible job of keeping up with this since the New Year anyway.
So I'm signing off for a while. Until there is something of substance to share. No one wants to read drivel. And I feel like all I have to share is drivel.
Thank you to my faithful readers. You probably should go outside and enjoy the coming Spring.
Happy Sunshine and laughter!
