Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Last night while the kids were playing outside there was a beautiful rainbow. A photo opportunity? Why yes!

The groove

As I sit here drinking my Magic Bullet coffee drink and listening to Scissor Sisters I can honestly say I am feeling pretty darn good. I believe we have hit our stride for now. As all mothers know once you have mastered all the children and found time for other things the next day everything changes. I am going to take today for what it is and relish in the fact that we are all in harmony. Sam is busy crawling and Ben and Claire are dressed up like queens (Pun intended) and parading around the house. I am working furiously on a project, later to be revealed, and trying to plan outfits for our family portraits on Saturday with my dad's family. We are busy but what family isn't?

I feel like I finally really understand how to parent. I have a short fuse and kids are kids which fuels that fire for me at times. More often than not I was frustrated with them and now I feel like I really understand how they are viewing the world and how I can enhance their experience. I have been doing a lot of reading and experimenting with some techniques and have found that they really work. Now I don't have to loose my cool hardly ever. I am learning patience, what really matters, and what doesn't. I am loving my kids more than I thought I could and all of us are happy. Of course not every day is peachy but that is life. We learn to adapt and cope and that is parenting. Happy parents raise happy kids.

As a side note it took me an hour to write this because I have 3 kids. Instead of getting upset with all the little interruptions I embraced them and got this done when I had a couple of seconds in between. I know this change in me will make my family a better and more loving family.