Summer's End...












Summer's End... Valdez was cheated a warm and sunny summer this year because the rain is still coming and summer is at its end. However, I am thankful for the fun times in which the wet summer has provided for my children. I have come to notice that the older I get, the faster the year passes me by. I look at my children and think, "What happened to my babies?!" They are growing so fast, that I can't seem capture the moments quick enough. Although I have no spare time, I have recently began reading two books named, "Loving and Letting Go!" and "Parenting with Love and Logic." {Again, I have no spare time so hopefully will have at least one of these books finished by the end of the year!} If only I could take better mental notes and apply them more often, I would have perfect, well-rounded, successful, and rich in God's goodness, children! Therefore, I only hope my practicing as a parent pays off! I just love to sit back and watch them play together though. So innocent, pure, happy, and loving...most of the time. Of course, as all parents do, we have had (and still have) many days of tattling, copying to no positive end, pushing, biting (thank goodness Elora got over this!), yelling, and arguing. For example, this past weekend we went to the State Fair and Draven did his great brotherly duty of watching over Elora. He cheered her on as she nervously got onto a ride that Draven was too tall for but also had no problem leaving her crying while he went on a ride that she was too small for. When it came down to the last of the tickets, each child stood there ground to who deserved the last ride more. "I'm bigger Mommy, so can I have the last turn?" Draven asks while Elora proclaims, "No, me bigger too Mommy! Me want turn!" However, although the age difference of exactly two years makes bickering more convenient, at the end of the day it has also given them each a best friend, no matter what.