Going Green

Yesterday evening as we finished up our bath, pjs, story and bedtime routine I felt relief and pride knowing I had just tucked our two squeaky clean gems in for the night. We made it through another day of spills, tantrums, giggles, lessons, ups and downs without any major incidents. Everyone was sent off to dreamland in one piece again tonight. As I curled up on the couch with my mobile tablet in hand prepared for an evening's worth of reviews, research and writing I came across an article that will forever change my family's life:

Wake Up Call!!!!!

5:45am and our son proudly marches into our room stating, with much authority, "its wake up time!!!!" Before the sun has even considered rolling out of bed to start the day, this little monster is all giggles as he bounces his way into my double mattress which never seems big enough when he decides he's jumping in too! With elbows to my ribs and nudges in my back he announces "Mommy, I wanna go downstairs. Is not dark soon, ore watch cawtoons wit me?"

The day I realized I was a Mommy...

Strange as it sounds, it didn't hit me until the birth of my second child that I was a  "Mommy".

Let me explain.....with the birth of baby #1 I was a young, struggling, single parent just trying to survive along side this new sidekick life had issued to me. Nearly a year later my now husband came into our lives. Although I realized my little duo was now turning into a family trio I was still figuring out my place as this new addition's partner and how he would fit into my son's life. Of course I was well aware of the fact that I was a mother but I was still getting used to the idea of being completely and totally responsible for another human being. I was a good mom, my son was always well taken care of but I still felt like our lives were a roller coaster and I was just along for the ride. Slowly things began to fall into place.