This morning Brody woke me up at 6:15 because he fell out of his bed. I have been exhausted from all the activities we have going on. It's been really tough to find any down time in our schedule. I used to think I wasn't going to be the type of parent who is constantly running around, but I now know I have a long journey ahead of me with these boys. Devin is in school activities, church actives, and sports... and in the fall Brody will be starting preschool. Anyways, between juggling the house hold chores, the kids schedules, church actives, being a mom and wife, and work I was not to pleased with being up that early on the only day during the week that we have nothing going on until 5 pm. I know it was not Brody's fault and it feels nice to be needed but can't a girl get some sleep?!?
So, after calming Brody down and he dragged me out of bed to get his breakfast and morning cartoon show. I was drinking my coffee and thinking about all the things I needed to get done in the house.. as I'm making a mental note of the things Brody's playroom door swings open and he is full of energy.. pulling on my pajama pants, climbing on me like I am a jungle gym, and screaming "I want to play outside." seriously.. It's only 7:00 am. My husband and I were talking on the phone and I jokingly said that I was going to drop Brody off at his work so I could get stuff done today. There is always a little truth to the joke right? Well, obviously he couldn't have our 2 year old on his construction job.. So after feeling sorry for myself that I was woken up Early and there was no possible way I was going to accomplish anything that I wanted to get done. I decided to take Brody to the store to get some more glue sticks so he could cut up used paper and glue it together ( one of his favorite things to do) On our way to the store I was talking to my friend and she decided that she would stop by for a little bit with her daughter so her and Brody could play. We finished up at the store, headed home, and waited for them to arrive. As I am sitting in my comfortable lawn chair watching Brody play I realized I was not going to get anything on my list done so I got up and started sweeping all the nasty helicopter things that blew all over the drive way. Our friends arrived, the kids played and us mom's chatted as I continued to sweep she picked up a broom and joined me.. How awesome!! We took a little break, took the kids on a bike ride, played in the pool, and ate lunch. I felt very good about getting half of the drive way done and lots of play time and burnt energy out of the way for Mr. Brody.
Right as we finished lunch and she was heading home my brother called and said he was going to be coming over in 20 minutes to hang out for a little bit. How great to have two visitors in one day. Well little did I know that I was going to be so greatly blessed with all his help. He mowed my ENTIRE lawn, helped me finish sweeping the drive way AND patio, he moved my back step and swept out all the old leaves and other miscellaneous items that accumulated over winter and spring, organized my garage, and even got in time to make water balloons with Brody and sit and chat!
It wasn't until about 5 o'clock that I realized what happened.. I had made plans for what I thought was going to be best for me.. not for what would have been the best for my son and probably not the best way to spend this beautiful day god has blessed us with. It was a great reminder that sometimes I need to look beyond my selfish ways, take a step back and realize what is more important. I shouldn't have been so consumed in my "mental list" I had made and maybe realized that my son has been stuck indoors due to the rain for the past couple days and in 7 short days will be house bound while he recovers from his surgery.
What I never got to tell my brother ( and now he will know because I'm sure hes reading this) is that Ted and I were going to do all that yard work this weekend and now thanks to him we will have more time to spend together as a family! Thanks Dan you are the best and I am so greatful to have you in my life! Love you!
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