Doing It Right

Stay home and stay low has been the theme since Lele and Popie finished their visit. The boys have been going full speed all summer. Just spending some lazy days at home have been top priority. On our first day with nothing to do, Cole asked if he could make a pillow nest in the living room. Of course, pillow nests rock! I helped him arrange the pillows and blankets and that boy stayed in his nest watching tv and playing video games ALL day. We needed the down time. I am actively trying to curb my desire to go, go, go and just be, be, be. Sleeping in (6:30 on a good day), being lazy (I don't care if you watch tv or play video games) and soaking up hanging out time feels good.

Examples of how we hang out are: get out the stop watch and time how fast you run around the yard, check. Cuddle night when Cody is gone, check. Movie in moms bed, check. Watch and score 50 different Monster Jam obstacle courses in the back yard, check. Eat dinner at Golden Corral, check. Snake hunt, check. Take pictures of butterflies and bees on flowers, check. Slurpee Saturday, check. Yesterday we even brought out the sprinkler, combined it with the trampoline and ended up with hours of fun! Following the wet bouncy fun we lunched outside in the backyard at the new table under the gazebo while the boys dried off.

Funny how the thought "how we spend our summer" makes me question my parenting. Am I doing it right? Do I work to much? Do they get enough undivided attention? Am I teaching life lessons? Are we doing too much? Do we enjoy the little things? Before children I never realized that as a parent you ALWAYS question the job you are doing. I used to dread performance reviews at work, but I find myself constantly reviewing my job as a parent. Setting more goals and trying to be better. I'm sure it doesn't help that everyone who walks through my therapy doors with problems on their heart can trace the origins of their woe's developing in childhood. I just hope I don't screw this up too much. I hope we are "doing summer right." I hope we are "doing life right." Here's hoping!