For the first time ever, all three of my children will be fully engulfed in the world of sports. The girls are playing soccer and Ben is in baseball. It has been so much fun to see them get out there and play. The best moment so far was today when I finally found a pair of soccer cleats for Ainsley (she needed a size 9 toddlers. Very hard to find.) She put them on and proceeded to run up and down the halls of church. “Look, Mommy! I can run like the wind now!” And zoom . . . she’s off. Cute as a button.
So I’ve got my checklist (mentally) of all the things I wanted to accomplish when I grew up . . .
- own a minivan √
- enroll my children in enriching activities √
- raise three wonderful children √
I never knew that my list would really look like this . . .
- own a minivan full of junk (most of which is disgusting but the stuff on the floor alone could feed us for a full week if we were ever stranded in the desert) √
- sign my children up for so many activities that I wind up driving insanely from one event to the other hoping that I have remembered everything that they are suppose to bring to the event √
- be a mother to three funny (even when they don’t mean to be) mismatched (at least the clothes are clean) sometimes well-behaved (other people assure me that my kids do behave when I am not around. Geez, I hope those people are not being sarcastic. I don’t always recognize sarcasm.) children who bring great joy to my life and fill my soul with overflowing love √√√√√√√√√√√√√
The Puddles 
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