So we were at a wedding in florida and just really had a great, relaxing time {best part: my tan!} It was such a nice time to enjoy each other, our friends & family while celebrating together with them. Of course, we always say we could use a vacation from the vacation {you know, gotta unwind from the travel, etc} and this time Jus actually took a few days off afterwards, so it was nice to just not have to rush back to the routine of things as soon as we got back. But I gotta tell ya, it has been a hectic week all the same! I think I was envisioning relaxing days on the deck, quiet walks in the evening with the boys, maybe a beach visit or two... and yes, perhaps one or two of those things happened but it was still midst a crazie amount of craziness.
First, let me just say, God bless grandparents because without them, we wouldn't have been able to go to florida sans les enfants. But I could truly swear that those two boys were not given to them as spoiled as they were when I received them back. ::Sigh:: Well, what do you expect. Grandparents aren't supposed to have to think or worry about discipline!
And such is the result.
Last week was really a week spent in the two of us trying to reign the two of them in {somehow, we felt outnumbered still}. But I think because routine is really important in such a process {and Jus' presence throughout the day really isn't part of said routine} that project really didn't get off the ground until today. I was starting to get pretty nervous, I'll admit. I began envisioning all my future days full of just spoiled little boys running me haggard.
But today turned out to be a good day, all in all. I missed having Jus around, but honestly it was so nice to just get the little guys back on their schedule. And really, it's less about 'a schedule', per se. It's about their attitude and their behavior and I think that all just stems from a sense of security, which is often found in their routine.
..and Jus and I... well we aren't really routine people..
"Hey wanna come over today to bbq for the fourth of july? We don't have any food, but bring your friends!"
"Hey, wanna go to the beach at 5 even though I usually start the kids evening dinner/bath/nighttime schedule within the next hour?"
"Hey wanna go for a drive and then end up at the beach without any beach stuff and then drive back in our soaked every day clothes?"
It's unfortunate, I know. But we love it.
So even though it's the summer, and there will shall be plenty-a-more days, weeks and weekends filled with illuminating new wonders and marvels, at this moment, just getting the two of our innocent, loving faces to sleep instead of hearing "no stop it, mommy, stop it" and "shhh mommy" is wonderful and marvelous in and of itself.
