I turn around and they are running around playing together, conversing as if long lost friends, and giggling nonstop.
They read together, play kick together, sunbathe side by side, and fight.
I stand back as much as I can these days.
Kate can really hold her own. She has been known to occasionally bite, head-butt, and kick. She is constantly saying, Bad Daddy, Bad Charlie, and Stupid Charlie.
I sit and watch, words are just words. or so I try to tell myself.
They are growing up too fast.
Next week Charlie starts preschool. And while it is just 4 hours a week I have a hard time letting go of even a few hours.
Friends ask if I am so excited. No not really. I know time passes so incredibly fas. t. I mean Kate was just a baby yesterday. And while we call her baby all day long, she is almost 19 months, talks more than you would ever believe, and is bursting of personality.
So this feels like the beginning of the end really. First preschool, then school, then after school activities, wanting to sleep at friends' house, high school, driving, girlfriends, boyfriends, parties, college. Oh how I already ache thinking about sending my sweet little ones off to college.
Who will help him use the potty, give him a hug when other parents may think he needs "scolding", who will see that he is hungry and needs food. FAST.
And as hard, tiring, nonstop, stressful as certain moments, hours, days, weeks, and longer have been the past three years, I love that my full time job is mother. That I spend 12 hours nonstop with these kids. I know them. I love them.
And they are growing up too fast.
2 comments:
Is it wrong to correct you here and tell you that it is actually 5 hours a week, not 4? haha. Not that I'M counting, or anything :)
Ahh, Sarah, it will be okay. I remember sending M to school when he was 3 and bawling my eyes out. But it was all good after a week. He found his groove and so did I. And with that, I realized how good the time apart was for everyone. I'll gladly share a mimosa with you after drop off on Tuesday!!
Aren't they cute.
They don't look all that similar to me in these pics.
Now we need to bust out our baby pics for some side by side comparisons.
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