Can you imagine having twins? How fantastic would that be to have two children at once. I mean really that sweetness of raising two would be such a blessing and my friend Nicole got her blessing 3 years ago. These two little bundles of complete difference kick her day into high gear. I’ve spent time around both Boone and Harper and I’m telling you they are so special. Funny, smart and loving is the best way to describe them. Boone is the funniest with his cute smile that almost makes you ask “what did you just do”. He is the kind of cute you just want to squeeze! Were Harper is shy and beautiful with a smile that makes you stop and take in her big blue eyes and strawberry red curls.
As a teacher over the years I have heard so many parents talk about how busy they are and they didn’t have time to do this or that. My career this and my career that. I was that parent once, felt like I couldn’t give anything my all. I just needed to get through it the best I could. So, memories about moments are blurry and missed. Over the years I let things that had no value what so ever get in the way of moments with my kids. I allowed those things to interfere with my health and my family. Hind sight is the best vision ever, if only we could purchase that on an APP how fantastic would that be. We can’t, so the best thing we can do as Mom’s and Dad’s is to value things in our life at what they are. We all have to work and keep commitments but we don’t have to let them rule our lives. It is a hard balance with keeping up with kids, school, our homes and loved ones. Put a career on top of that and WOW your life gets crazy. I guess we all should evaluate our time and what is important to make us happy. Those things that don’t, well hit DELETE.
I have watched Nicole and her husband Chris, they amaze me. Both have medical careers that are demanding with travel, meetings and long hours. Somehow they find so much time with their kids. I see pictures on Facebook of visits to the zoo and play dates. This isn’t just every once in a while it seems to be all the time. They seem to really value their kiddo’s and cherish every day with them. I once heard Nicole turn down time out with the girls because she said I need to stay home and spend time with the hubs. Another WOW moment because most of us are looking for ways to get away from our families. Lets face it most of us cheer when school starts back because we want some down time from the kids. I promise you,I was always on time, no………. really early those first 3 weeks of school starting back. Then the settling in of getting up early would hit, then we raced to school to beat the bell. That is what I see so many people do just racing to get to one event in life to the other. SLOW DOWN PEOPLE, STOP, LIFE IS NOT WALKING BY YOU IT IS RUNNING FAST.
So I wanted to do a little something for them and the kids. I appreciate that she shares her life with me and lets me watch as they raise these two kiddo’s. On my way to a gathering of friends one night I passed this little kids table on the side of the road. I jumped out and got it with a plan already in my head. I wanted to make a kids double-sided desk for Boone and Harper. Pre-school and Pre-K are just around the corner for these two so I thought why not give Nicole and Chris something that would help out.
The table was a bit trashed on top and OMGosh the stickers that were all over it. I sanded it all off and ended up with a great piece of furniture to recycle. I need something to divid the table so that Boone had a side and so did Harper. I had this CD holder in my stash so I turned it up on its side and attached it with screws to the top. It had 4 shelves so on each side I covered 2 with boards. By doing this each kiddo get’s 2 cubbies to store things in but the other one can’t get to the others things. The boards made a great place to put their names. No question as to what side is Boone’s and what side is Harpers. I painted it out in navy blue and white with several coats of clear finish. The clear finish makes it so easy for Nicole or Chris to wipe it clean.
It’s time to look at where we spend our time. What is important and what needs to be deleted in our crazy run here and there lives. I don’t want to miss any more moments and memories, do you? It’s another hump day and I’m gonna spend it looking for those Blue Happy moments.
