Mum Talkin': February 2011

Friday, February 4, 2011

~Beautiful~

     It's been so beautiful lately. Weather wise and family wise. Even, yes even, with all of us in different stages of the flu, we are enjoying very beautiful family moments.

   We are a homeschooling family in our next chapter. We have two children, one son, 18, in his 2nd semester in college and one daughter, 13, technically in the 7th grade doing 9th grade work. We are watching our children enter into exciting times in their lives and it is beautiful. I was scared at first...the closer it got to our son turning 18 and graduating. I have always taught him...my days always included educating him and then our daughter with him.

   Our relationship has changed with him and our daughter. It had too. They are older. And as anxious as I was about it, it is wonderful. I absolutely loved all the stages my kids have gone through. But, this stage...this older stage...is more peaceful. I could probably analyze it and pinpoint tons of reasons for it, but I'm not going to. It just is and I am thankful for it.

   They are so involved in everything about life now, not just observing. Wow! It is incredibly breathtaking to see them together. Their conversations, inside jokes and their laughter...their laughter has always melted my heart. We have an absolute blast together! When the four of us plan something, we know something crazy will happen and it usually does. We might help it along...

     Don't be afraid of your kids growing older. Enjoy every moment, every stage, every second. When you get to the scary times, breathe, pray & trust God. He has them. Enjoy their steps, all of them. Especially the scary ones because that's when they become stronger and so do you. You'll turn that corner and wonder what in the world were you ever worried about!!!

   We all grow older older - doesn't mean we have to quit being goof-balls. That never goes away! We can be stupid together and that is usually our funnest times. And when your kids get older...they provide soooo much more laughing material than you could ever imagine!!!

Example:

Pictures below are evidence.
Location: Downtown Disney in the Walt Disney World Resort complex.
Reason: To celebrate said daughter's 13th birthday. The main stage had a dance competition. Said kids scorffed their Ghirardelli's ice cream and ran to said stage. Dancing then commenced...and so did many tears of laughter.

The try-outs begin~put through rigorous dances...

Do I really need to say anything here other than part of the blurriness is me laughing?

They started playing "Single Ladies". 'Nuff said...

They didn't win...you never win when there are cute little humans flashing smiles at the crowd. But, they did get a lot of fans. Mainly because they were a brother/sister team.

~Beautiful~