I went to bed last night frustrated that I am always going to bed late - just another self-control issue to deal with :) Must go to bed early. One reason it frustrates me is that I am so doggone tired in the morning. I feel like I can't function. Second reason is that I feel so unprepared for my day when I can't wake up early. Back in Montgomery, for a while I was waking up around 5:45 to spend time with the Lord before the boys woke up. I made it a point to go to bed early so that this could happen, but after time I just couldn't get up in the morning and was getting frustrated with not waking up. A pastor's wife from another church in MGM shared at a MOPS meeting that we need not be legalistic about what time of the day we spend with the Lord but to give Him the best part of the day! So, I had decided that for me the best part of the day for me was during the boys quiet time. Each morning for an hour the boys play quietly in their pack n plays. I love this time - normally it is still clean and fresh in the house and I am awake enough to focus and spend that hour with the Lord. Well, over the past few weeks their have been more interruptions during their quiet time which means interruptions in my quiet time - and it has seemed that lately the morning time has been more of our challenging times. I just felt that I wasn't prepared in the morning to be the best mom to them that I could be.
The same pastor's wife also mentioned that we should pray when we go to bed for the Lord to wake us up if we need to get up early but to also be mindful when we need sleep. Last night I went to bed and prayed that the Lord would wake me up alert in the morning so that I could spend that time with Him before the boys woke up. And He did - I woke up, on my own - no alarm clock or kids up - at 6:15 and was able to spend some sweet time with the Lord in a quiet house before the events of the day began. I felt much more awake and prepared to being a mom to the boys this morning - our day went much better and I was able to use the boys quiet time to catch up on washing sheets, etc.
Even though I don't want to be legalistic on getting up that early in the morning to do my quiet time - I think for me and my family, that is the BEST time for it to be done. So, once again - I will join the 5 am club (or 6:15 am club) :) This time I will be praying for perseverance, diligence, alertness, and self-control to get to bed early. My family needs me to do this, I need to do this - I am just a better wife and mom if I can spend that time with the Lord before the day begins.
During lunch today I made the boys some pillowcases! They LOVE their pillows and have had just some random cases that came with them. Malissa made the boys these precious blankets that have old war planes on them and I found this cute boyish fabric that also had planes and other fun boy toys on it. It wasn't a PERFECT match to the blanket but it was cute. It took no time at all to make them and I did it on the counter while the boys ate lunch and they loved watching me and kept saying "making my pillowcase!" The very firs thing they did when Mike woke them up from their nap (which had no climbing out shenanigans today) was look at their pillowcase with much excitement and say "mommy made pillowcase!"
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With the blanket Malissa made.
Today the boys received their THIRD hair cut! :) They were starting to look a bit ragamuffinish and it was just time. The first haircut they received was done by me (With the help of a YouTube video) - they were one month shy of their second birthday:
And their second hair cut we took them to a barber shop. This one was not fun for them at all - it was a bit traumatic but ended with a cute cut. I think this one was this past September.
And then today marks their third hair cut. I decided to do it again (refreshing my techniques with the YouTube video) and I have to say that I am very proud of the end product! They watched Thomas the Train while enjoying a delish lollipop, until hair got all over it (and then when I went to wash it off and give it back to them they were so excited and thought they received another Lollipop and continuously said "thank you other lollipop"). They did GREAT - no crying, no fidgeting. Michael would say "I be brave" and if I said "You are doing so good" he would reply with "yea - be brave."
(remember, it is their happy face)
2 comments:
Cute pillowcases! :) And cute haircuts too!!
What handsome young men!!!!! You did a great job on the haircuts...you could go into the business :) Love, Gran
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