After giving it careful consideration (mainly because I get tired of setting goals I never keep) I decided that my New Year goal would be to spend more "genuine" quality time with my kids and not to be so obsessed with things going perfectly.
After giving it a few weeks I can say it is going good. I played in the snow with the kids when it snowed last time, I am thinking that was Monday but can't remember for sure. I also let the kids do finger paint and did not freak out when they dipped their entire finger in the paint get entirely too much on their finger. I did play dough with them and DID NOT spend the entire time picking up the little pieces off the floor, instead I left it for the very end then cleaned it all up at once. Wow that made sense but it was still difficult to do. I also helped Shelby make a dog house for her little stuffed puppy out of one of Toby's shoe boxes. She was so proud of it.
I have been enjoying spending more time getting on the floor and playing with them this year, I am also enjoying their new bed time which I bumped up from 8:30 to 8 o'clock. Awww it is so nice.
So this picture doesn't have much to do with this post but I love Shelby's long eyelashes in it.
