Flordia summer storms

There are certain moments you realize will be important moments in your children's lives. Not the ones you think are important but the ones they think are important. Building memories is one way a friend of mine puts it (yes i do have friends)

Any way i think most of us as parents are constantly getting caught up in the take care of /provider for portion of being parents. I mean really who could blame us. most of us have to work just to make ends meet. there are dishes to do, bills to pay, baths to give and tons of other stuff that gets in the way of really being parents.

I know when my kids look back i don't what them to think wow mom worked really hard to keep the house clean or man she really knew how to get my whites whiter. I want them to look back and remember little moments that we shared on hot sunny days. i want them to remember how i always took the time to make sure they were nice and tucked in before i closed the bed room door.

Well one of these moments happened a few weeks ago. It was around 8pm and as it usually happens during summer we had just started a bad thunderstorm. Chris and i are sitting there with the dogs (who are trying to crawl up our butts because they are scared of the storm). Chris asked if i thought we should go upstairs and lay with the kids. my first thought was are you kidding we just put them down and i am exhausted. But i thought about it. I remembered nights that i was scared in my room as a little girl. And my mom would come and lay down with me. i would try to stay up as long as i could but i would slowly drift off to sleep and at some point she would get up and go into her room.

So Chris goes in to Jarrod's room. he is all snuggled under the covers. Chris asked if he was scared Jarrod said yes and Chris laid down. Touching right.

Well I open Hannah's room and she is laying on the floor (apparently the best place to sleep). She looked so sweet so i stood there and watched. Keep in mind i am still expecting this heartfelt moment to occur. So Hannah notices me and asks "what you doin" i explain mommy thought you might be scared "what you doin" was the response i got back. Well Hannah i am going to lay down with you. "what you doin'". At this point i really had to stop myself from saying " For the love of God i am trying to have a moment could you just work with me" But i once again explained. Now i am starting to lay down next to her, and she looks at me with her two year old tiny little face and bright blue eyes and says "NO go away".

not really how i thought that was going to work out.

Moral to this story - just because you maybe having a heart felt moment does not mean they will be.