Big kids still make you giggle

It has been a LOOOOOONG while since I last typed anything here. Funny thing is I first created this blog with the hopes that others would share my journey with me. But since the effort it takes to get others to notice you went out the window I just wrote for myself. Then life got the best of me and I stopped writing all together. Feeling nostaglic I peeked back over what I once wrote. It was so bittersweet. Now J is 16, A is 14, M is 12 and E is 8. Gone are the days when I could readily entertain. BUT when I laid with the younger 2 just as they went to bed I realized the window is not fully closed. I enjoyed E telling me how she despises the description of her like pumpkin. I tell people at 8 pm she turns into a pumpkin, because well she has always needed to go to bed on time. Many nights she would tell me she was going to bed if I wasn't prompt about bedtime. Alas, I laughed while promising I would try my best not to say again. More like I won't say it in her earshot.

I adore how the younger 2 love to race to their room at bedtime. Tonight I won and he always tried to make up reasons why he lost. I do the same when I am not the winner. He also told me about his plan for when he has his own house. He said he will have tubed going from room to room so the 6 baby guinea pigs he will have can go wherever he is at to snuggle. He is such a sweet, gentle kind young man. I just love his heart.

Yep, there are still memories to be made. I won't completely give up on this stage yet.

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