Stop & Smell the Roses: May 2019

Boys! Your sweet little expressions perfectly convey how I feel about playing hooky. It's not something we do often but that's what makes it such an unexpected treat. I had so much fun with you guys today. As you both get older I find that my role is much more passive. For instance, at the playground you two are happy to run around imagining a whole new world where anything is possible. I am free to get lost in my thoughts which is sometimes exactly what I need.

Watching you guys run, and laugh and exist in a place where you are the masters of your realities was my favorite part today. I looked around and saw other mom's in different stages than me and I found myself sort of going back in time and remembering. Some of the memories tug at my heart a little more than I am comfortable with. Just when I would get a little teary eyed another mom would yell at her one year old for trying to eat mulch for the umpteenth time. Or, I saw another little boy who was an escape artist and watching his mom get that panicked look on her face and then sprinting around constantly snapped me back into my wonderful reality. Of course our current stage isn't all sunshine and rainbows..BUT, mostly I just feel like we are nestled into this sweet, perfect little spot and so I'm glad we celebrated that today.

I LOVE books and I am so hoping that my love for them is contagious. I keep a basket on my dresser with the best of the best. They are the one's I couldn't bear to part with and I love to imagine that those stories will wiggle their way right into your hearts. I can't wait to give them to you one day when you have babies of your own and my hope is that something inside you will light up because you will get to go back in time and experience a little bit of childhood magic. Today when we played hooky I couldn't help but think of the book "Mrs. Muddle's Holidays". It just so happens that this beautiful story lives in our specials basket. Mrs. Muddle takes celebration to a new level and I'm not sure I could ever compete with her tenacity. And I'm not even talking about the generic holidays. Mrs. Muddle is a master at noticing the small things and finding ways to celebrate all of life's in between moments.

Landon, you are my holiday guru. I mean, every holiday is your favorite until the next one is around the corner and then that holiday becomes the apple of your eye. I love this about you! So I know our annual hooky day is right up your alley and will become something you anticipate every year! We are so keeping this tradition alive. Don't be surprised when I call you up in thirty years and in Anna's little voice from the movie Frozen when she say's; "do you wanna build a snowman"?

I'll say to you; "Do you wanna play hooky"!

So here's to Mrs. Muddle's Holidays and remembering to slow down and take the time to stop and smell the roses.