GTD

I am so grateful to be a mother! I just love snuggling up with my children and hanging out! I am easy...I don't have to be out doing anything special at all. Heaven , for me , can be found in the simplicity of watching movies or reading books with my kids. I love to listen to them talk with each other(when they aren't fighting) and making up games and telling each other about stuff they "think" they know. It is so neat to watch my 2 oldest children(14 and 12) get along and love each other. Leavi said, today, I am being nicer to Jaydn because I love to be around him. They have a piano duet together and they don't play the same way so it is challenging for them to sit and play a song timed together. Leavi is fastidious about timing but not accurate on her notes...Jaydn is very accurate but his timing leaves a "bad taste " in your mouth ..lol. They make a good pair in some respects but to watch them try to play it together is either hilarious or aggravating...I can't decide? Their recital was cancelled tonight but they will play Monday and I am curious to see if they can get it together more by then. I hope to post a video of it but I have not been so successful in getting video to load on this blog? They are playing , together, The First Noel ( It is a beautiful piece). Leavi is playing Carroll of the Bells, solo. Jaydn is playing Let it Snow...solo as well. I love to listen to them fill this home with music!

Enough about Leavi and Jay...on to Kole and Kyzen. These 2 stayed home alone today for 2 hours and they are banned from watching TV of any kind so they had to be creative when I was gone. They played very well together and the house wasn't on fire when we got back so I think that is success! Kole is 11 years old but not as responsible as Jaydn was so I hesitate to leave him in charge. he surprised me and did very well. He even put his dishes in the dishwasher after his snack! Kole has been changing so much over the past 3 months. He is starting to think about the things he does before just "willy nilly" doing them..thank goodness! He sees that a lot of kids at school are into being girlfriend and boyfriend and he thinks that is stupid ( good kid!). His grades are very good and he is such a fine reader! He always has a smile for me and I JUST LOVE HIM! Kyzen is ...well he is "Bob" and who couldn't but love that kid! He cries like a girlie sometimes when Kole makes him mad but he really is just a pleasant kid all around! His academics are coming along well too. All my kids love school and the teachers never have anything bad to say ( after Kole settled in this year, anyway)!

I am grateful to be a mother and my heart just holds so much love for these kids of mine! Christmas would be strange without kids? I wish I could freeze them all at this very age! Life is not perfect, especially with kids in the house, but it sure is a joy and fun to watch them become big people! The experience is, at time, very humbling. To know I have an influence on how they develop into adults is daunting but very cool! I can see victories and mistakes that I have been a part of and how it filters into who they are and who they will become. It is fascinating to be a part of! I am grateful to live on this Earth at this time with this family! It is the Richest of Blessings!