A growing family

Life just keeps chugging along.  Sometimes I'm totally with it.  Got my conductor hat on and I am the boss of this train!  Other times I'm that lady with bags falling off her shoulders chasing it down hoping to board before it gets too far ahead. ;) 

 

I need to catch my breath.  I've neglected this space, not for lack of things to share.  I'm just busy breathing.  It's still a little surreal to me that we are a family of FIVE now!  We were a family of three for a long time.  We didn't plan it that way, but that's how it was, and it was good.  And comfortable.  Then we decided to really shake things up and we went from three to five in 15 months.  We've had some growing pains, for sure.  Most, ok all, due to the tumultuous relationship between a certain two of our littles.  I am trying to find ways to be more intentional at fostering attachment between the two of them, but it's tough.  When I do occasionally get the 7 year old on board, the 3 year old inevitably ruins it by, well, being 3.  I'll keep at it.  Love and grace.  Love and grace.  I'm trying to pour it out on the both of them, in the hopes that those two things will soak into their little hearts and maybe eventually start to show up in their own interactions with each other. 

 

All three boys are just growing so fast (why do they have to do that?!)  There are things I need to write about.  Things I want to remember.  Like this evening.  It was a long day with hubby at drill and there was lots of squabbling and disobedience and not nearly enough patience on my part.  And both big boys were suddenly out of their baths and having a "Naked Native American Dance Party" (C proclaimed it that) in the living room.  I was laughing and averting my eyes and trying to keep them from getting all up in my face!  And pumpkin baby was beeboppin' right along with those two and they were all three just so happy in that moment.  That I want to remember!