Worm Gender

So it's been raining a lot here lately, and there's lots of worms out. Gavin was spotting them out in the driveway and yelled to me in the house, "Come here quick Mommy!" so I dashed outside. He pointed to a long worm and said he wanted to touch it. It was down in a crack so we couldn't get to it (thank goodness). Then he excitedly said he thought it was a girl worm. I asked him how he could tell it was a girl worm. He said "Because it looks like it has long hair Mommy"! I was relieved that this was his distinction between girls and boys, at least for another few years. I know I should be teaching him about correct body parts and all that, but I love that he's still young and innocent!

This was good timing, because just yesterday I was thinking that I never remember the funny things my kids say, and even questioning if they do indeed say funny things?! So I'm glad they still do and that I remembered to write it down today at least.

I've been struggling with how to "enjoy" my mommy moments, instead of always wishing to have a moment to myself. Everyone tells you the time goes too fast, and to enjoy every moment with your kids. But it seems like us women have a really hard time doing that! We always want what we can't have, now when our kids are young we don't enjoy them enough, and I know once they're old and grown I'll be pining for the good ole days when I was up to my neck in laundry and making school lunch every day. So how do we slow down and just enjoy what we're doing NOW?! I have days where I do enjoy it, and I love my kids to death, don't get me wrong, but there are days when I'm tired of everything a young family involves. I vented to my mom last night after she called and read me a journal entry of the weeks after I was born, and what a connection we had even in those first precious days. It made me bawl, in a good way of course, and just hope that I will look back on the days I'm living now with fond memories and forget all the laundry and the dishes and the school posters to be made. I just need to be sure to make those good memories, and not get lost in all the every day stuff. So thanks for letting me vent here again, I always love it when I hear other moms talking about this kind of stuff, so I know I'm not alone in my guilt! Hopefully I'm not alone here, but even if I am, at least I fessed up to it and wrote it down for Maci to read some day when she's overwhelmed by her 2 kids. Agggh the thought!!