Sit Down And Play With Me Mommy

Today was a I slept in till 9 and woke up to half eaten cookies on the living room floor, toothpicks strewn all through the house and the boys rolling out my yoga mat to use as a train track.
"Sit down and play with me Mommy!" Jackson says in the sweetest voice. He looked up at me with his big eyes. And let me tell you, it is really hard to be mad at a sweet little boy asking you to play with him. I didn't hear them running through the house making mischief this morning and I said "I don't have time right now Jackson. I have to clean up the mess." I didn't realize how detrimental this can be to a 3 year old. You are their world and he asked me into his world for just a moment and I turned it down.

I left the room and stood there for a moment asking myself what I just did.

As funny as it sounds I forgot how to play with my kids.

I forgot how to sit and have fun.

I forgot that for a moment I needed to focus on the most important thing in my life.

As I grabbed a train I sat down next to Jackson and Titus they start telling me about the trains and their colors.
Titus can tell you the name of every Thomas the train and color. He has a fantastic memory. Titus was telling me which train I was holding. As I studied the train I started to think about my to-do list. Oh is my to-do list never ending. Things started running through my mind of what I had to do.

But it will be there tomorrow.

Jackson and Titus will only be little for a short time. And when they get older I will long for those days that they asked me to sit down and play with them.

So I decided that the laundry can wait yet another day. The busyness of my life can be put on hold for yet another day.

Mommies of small children let me tell you to enjoy them. ENJOY THEM! Gabe and Carter are 17 and 14. I remember when they were little. It seems like a dream sometimes. I say in my mind I wish I did this or that with them. But now they are older and I can't go back. Nothing last forever.

I know you are tired.

I know your time is valuable.

But I also know you love your kids and would do anything for them.

So sit down mommy! And play with them!