What's on your to-do list today?
Wake up at the crack of dawn, press snooze once or twice or 3 times, take quick shower, try to read Bible but get interrupted, get three kids ready for the day, make breakfast, eat breakfast, clean up breakfast, do devotions and prayers with kids, unload dishwasher. changed 7 diapers. nurse baby 7 times, burp baby 7 times, do preschool with toddler, wash and fold and put away 2 loads of laundry, play Memory 2 times, remind children to say please and thank you like 20 times, discipline children, remind children of Jesus, reminded myself of the gospel, vacuum upstairs, think about cleaning bathrooms but only have time to wipe them down, confront child about not whining and being thankful 10x, lose patience 3x and asked for forgiveness 3x, eat handful of chocolate chips when no one is looking, giggle with the kids, make lunch, eat lunch, clean up lunch, daydream about taking a nap, play with baby with girls on my lap, read 10 books to girls, check email, check email again, take a few pictures, kiss a boo-boo, think about calling a friend, read a chapter from a book while the girls watch Wild Kratts, play with baby again, change blowout diaper, rinse out clothes, do homework with Anna, change another blowout diaper, rinse out clothes, call John at work to tell him something funny that children said, schedule dentist appts, give 25 hugs, and 100 kisses (can't resist those baby cheeks), play with baby again, make time for potty breaks, clean spit up off couch, take kids on a walk, make pumpkin bread, have 20 minute talk with child about why she can't eat 5 cookies in one sitting, send 10 texts to friends, remind children 10x to love each other and prefer one another, pray for wisdom, goof around with kids, get out the coloring books, and the list goes on and on with things that I do on any particular stay-at-home day (in no particular order).
But those are not the things on my to-do list. But maybe they should be? People seem to ask me how things are going with having three kids now. The initial adjustment has subsided but the truth is that I have less time in the day to "get things done." But instead of fighting it, I'm learning to accept it. There's such great freedom in enjoying this phase of life instead of desiring for it to be different from what it really is. You know, sometimes it's tempting for our hearts to get focused on all the other things we want to get done (our real to-do list) or enjoy (uninterrupted talk with friends, naps at the same time, a spotless house) that we become discontented with what we really have time for - and what we really have is so much, so hard at times, and so good. : ) May God's faithfulness enable ours.
I know this phase of life will be over before soon, and I know I'll miss it. I really will.
But those are not the things on my to-do list. But maybe they should be? People seem to ask me how things are going with having three kids now. The initial adjustment has subsided but the truth is that I have less time in the day to "get things done." But instead of fighting it, I'm learning to accept it. There's such great freedom in enjoying this phase of life instead of desiring for it to be different from what it really is. You know, sometimes it's tempting for our hearts to get focused on all the other things we want to get done (our real to-do list) or enjoy (uninterrupted talk with friends, naps at the same time, a spotless house) that we become discontented with what we really have time for - and what we really have is so much, so hard at times, and so good. : ) May God's faithfulness enable ours.
I know this phase of life will be over before soon, and I know I'll miss it. I really will.
I love this Pam. And you'll never regret documenting what a typical day looks like! It is a beautiful reminder that we can find joy even in the mundane things of life!!
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