Motherhood brings many masks to wear throughout raising our kids! I remember that one of my favorite episodes of Little House on the Prarie - Laura Ingalls was about to get married to Almonzo Wilder...and she woke up one morning in tears. When her mother went to see what was wrong...she explained that if she got married...her life was over. She wanted to be a teacher...but if she got married and started having kids...her duty would be to her husband and her family first. Her mother laughed and explained that being a mother involved more then just raising kids...she said that when you are a mother...you end up being a teacher, counselor, doctor, and everything else that you can think of. I would like to add the modern day additon to Ma Ingall's insite...you also become a taxi driver too! J/K! Anyway, while being a mother has had many challenges...and I haven't always liked being a "mother" - I wouldn't trade it for the world. Below are some pictures of just such moments!
The creativity that my kids have amazes me...this is a picture of Jared's pirate costume...which consisted of blank paper and tape. He even got his arm in the right position when I took the picture...and while he was posed he even said with a ton of gusto..."Arrgh"!
One Sunday...Jared decided that he was mad at us...and that he wanted to run away from home. He took out all of his clean clothes from his drawer...and started packing his school back pack. The funniest thing was that he took the time to pack his Sunday clothes all by himself without any reminder from his parents. I guess we must be doing something right...if he can think to pack his Sunday clothes even when he is running away! LOL!
The above picture are the mood swings of an almost two year old! Savannah went from being extremely happy, to very defiant and angry, to finally crying her heart out...and ALL of these emotions happened within a three minute time frame! Motherhood is definitely NOT boring!
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