Bragging Rights

Ok, so this should be a safe place for a Mom to brag a little, right? So I just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed being a Mom lately! I feel like I have the best kids a Mom could ever ask for! My little Owen is just so darn cute and sweet right now I wish I could bottle him up! I am loving this age and it makes me sad thinking that its not going to last forever. He has such a great personality and makes us laugh all of the time. He lights everyone up in his presence! We recently went to my Aunt Linda's for a visit. Grace and I went out Thurs. night with my good friend Teresa and her family to the Haunted Trail Ride in town. Aunt Linda offered to keep Owen home with her but I could see that she was a little worried as to what to do with this 3 yr. old boy and if he would want to stay with her when Mom and Grace walk out the door. I really think she was waiting for a melt down from him. We don't see her a whole lot so to him she was kind of a stranger. I reassured her that he is a easy kid and a movie and popcorn would easily coax him into staying. Sure enough as we were leaving he says, "Come on Aunt Linda its time to watch our movie", and runs off! Just goes to show you what a easy going kid he is! Just hearing his little voice as I am sitting here typing makes me smile!
Then there is my Grace! Just as easy going as her brother and such a beauty. With the age she is at she does have her moments but for the most part she is a wonderful kid. I love that she is so caring and thoughtful and it makes me so proud when she takes her little brother under her wing. I wish a lot of times she was 3 again with Owen and I could coddle her the way I can with him. She is getting to big for that now and even when I try she just thinks its a joke. We do have some nice Mommy daughter moments, most of it with conversations. So I guess I can say that we have a new thing growing between us and just cross my fingers that it sticks! Never knew until this very moment how rewarding and happy being a Mom would make me :)