Where does the time go?

It's funny how things change and you don't even notice it. I can't tell you the last time I gave Callum a sink bath. He used to have them on the daily. Our kitchen sink practically begs for a child to be bathed in it and Callum always happily obliged. Well, obviously he has gotten older and bigger. And at some point, I guess the sink baths just stopped.

The other day, while I was making dinner, Callum was under my feet constantly, making it difficult to cook, so I decided to plop him in the sink for a bath. It had been so long that at first he resisted. Well, as soon as he saw the bubbles and water flowing, there was no more resisting and he plopped right in for a grand ole time.

But it caught me off guard, that whole things changing and not even realizing it. Kind of like me not remembering the last time Connor slept in our bed with us. Or not remembering the last time I just hung out with a friend I was once attached at the hip to. Things change. I guess that's just how life is.

Then I read this caption on instagram, "if childhood weren't so temporary, I wonder if it would be as precious." Well isn't that the freaking truth?! I think back to my own childhood and probably idealize some of the things because they can no longer happen, so I am certain I do it with my own children's childhoods!

I don't have a wrap this up in a pretty bow way of ending this post. Obviously I am over here getting emotional over sink baths. Sink baths! So how much can you really expect from me?! Now I'm off to look at my children as tiny babies and cry a bit...

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When Your Sister...

When your sister colors all over your face (and scalp!), then tries to pass it off as you. Nice try Isla, but Callum's skills aren't that good yet. One does have to wonder how she got him to just stand there while she did that. I mean, she was even able to use multiple colors. And poor Callum got a double whammy from Isla, because when she saw me scrubbing his face, she wanted to help! It was bad enough that I had to scrub until he wouldn't tolerate it anymore, fed him a popsicle, then scrub again. 

On the plus side, Isla now knows not to color on peoples faces. Are my kids the only kids that do random things then say, "You never told me not to?!" I always think, I never thought I would have to tell you not to...insert the craziest things you would never imagine having to tell someone NOT to do. The struggle is real people. 

^^ Can we all take a moment to laugh about the look on Callum's face in this picture?! That truly is how he felt about the whole situation. Poor kid got the raw end of the deal. 

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