Wish it was Easier!

Oh it's that time again!!!Time for the kids to go back to school.  I wish I was one of those parents that was counting down for the kids to go back to school but sadly I am not.  You would think after doing this for about 7 years (more if you count mothers day out) I would either get used to it or appreciate my time with out kids.  I don't, don't get me wrong I do know that I'm a better parent when I have "my time" to grocery shop, run errands and clean the house but oh how I love my babies.  Especially lately, they are so fun to be with.  Sure it probably has something to do with the fact that they are growing up and you can actually have good conversations with them but I think it's also because they ARE growing up.  I keep hearing that when kids turn 13 and 14 they are pains in the butt.  I've seen it happen to sweet kids that never talked mean to their parents but it happened just the same.  God knows I did it!!!  Oh I think of how I treated my parents or the things I thought when I was that age....not looking forward to that stage.  You think you're so smart and that your parents don't have a clue.  Oh how I wish I could call my mama up and tell her how sorry I am.  Hopefully she can hear me and forgives me for my stage of brattiness. :o)  Both of my babies value my thoughts, value how I look at things.  When I talk they not only listen but they strive to be like me, that is something that amazes me and I have to try to watch what I do and say b/c I have 2 precious girls watching and learning from me. They both actually argue over who is more like me.  What????  They want to be like me?  Is there a compliment better than that?  Oh how I wish they knew how much I could be like them.  I learn from both of them daily.  My girls are so different but both possess some of the most amazing qualities.  Mac is ALWAYS a glass 1/2 full kind of girl.  I have taken note of that and try to look at life in the same way.  This is just one of her many glorious characteristics.  Mille amazes me in the way that she views life.  At times I think she is kind of naive but then I realize that it's because she believes she can do anything.  Sometimes she might think she's entitled to do things, another quality(figuring out if it's a good or bad one) of hers but non the less she has a can do attitude.  She also doesn't have much of a filter.  Mac and I on the other hand are very analytical, we think of our words our actions.  Mille just blurts what she is thinking.  This is a trait that scared me when she was younger and she has actually learned when things aren't maybe appropriate and maybe she needs to hold on to them and ask in private.  She cracks me up when she just tells somebody exactly what she is thinking.  Oh how I wish I could do that.  We were at the store the other day and she was pushing the cart.  This woman kept coming up the same aisle as us and she would park her cart in the middle of the aisle.  I kind of stood there waiting as patiently as possible for her to notice us but not Mille.  She looked at me like, "I've got this and I'm taking care of it." She just politely walked up to the lady and her cart and kind of pushed our cart through, when she couldn't go any further Mille just moved the lady's cart over.  It really made me laugh b/c she didn't ask me what to do she just took care of it.  Now I will admit for a second I did worry that she was going to tell the lady she had cut us off about 4 times but thankfully she took care of the situation with grace.  

Tomorrow they will go to school and get smarter than they were today.  They will go and visit with friends and learn that mom doesn't know as much as they thought I did today.  All of those things are great but for now I am going to soak up every ounce of them that I can.  I'm going to listen to all their stories about their day and I'll be there if they have any problems or questions.  I love them to the moon and back and they are 2 of my very favorite people.