Yesterday afternoon, Jeff got home a little early. The boys ran in the door from school and all was chaos. But then, little by little, homework got done, snacks were eaten and we all ended up in the family room doing various activities. Jeff was working, I was watching Biggest Loser with Andrew, and Ethan was playing with Legos. I looked around and realized that these are the days! At the beginning of the summer it was WEIRD having Jeff around so much. I mean hello! you aren't called a Milgard widow for nothing! I tried really hard to enjoy it though because I knew it wasn't going to last. There were days I did better than others with not getting frustrated with having another adult around all the time. Questioning what I was doing, having to explain why I was just laying on the couch after a particularly long day of kids having nothing to do. It got irritating sometimes! However, NOW, Jeff is only 3 weeks away from having an office. So that means he won't be at home sitting on the couch finishing up his work. He is going to be in an office in Arlington doing that. In a lot of ways, I am SO looking forward to that. All his "stuff" will be in the office and not scattered everywhere here at home. But I am going to miss seeing him randomly in the middle of the day. I'm going to miss being able to watch tv with him in the afternoon while he works. I'm REALLY going to miss being able to run to the store sans children because he is upstairs working.
So like this song says, each moment in our lives is important. We need to cherish them because one day we will miss all this stuff! (Even though in this moment its hard to imagine that we will miss tripping on toys in the middle of the night, or little sticky hands all over the walls.)
