I've been just Mama for the past couple of days. Not the person who has time to create things, just Mama. It's remarkable, really how much time it takes to do all those little things to keep them happy throughout the day. I have actually vacuumed the kitchen three times a day, out of sheer necessity -- no way am I a clean freak -- it really needed it. These little events can really slice the day into the smallest increments. Then, where did the day go?
I still have an afternoon napper, so the girls have been filling their quiet time with collecting paper cutouts from magazines and playdoh. After nap and before dinner we do this regular driveway play (pictured above).
We picked out some cherries at Whole Foods today
and yesterday at the co-op I found some of the tiniest, most beautiful organic plums I've ever seen. They were only slightly larger than cherries.
It seems I am in the store every couple of days now because we are going through the fruit and vegetables like mad.
Sometimes I wish for a little uninterupted silence to simply make a phone call or write something, and I have to remind myself that I will have that someday. These kids will only be small and I will only have summer vacations with them for a few short years before they're off with thier friends and on their way. I really need to keep that perspective because there is so much whirling through my mind that I'd otherwise like to be accomplishing. There's no rush. No rush.