Monday, May 17, 2010

A few less flowers...




I'm on the bloggers MIA list once again. I have to admit - I've just been worn out. I am constantly on that endless search of figuring out how to balance it all. Having a husband who commutes over an hour a day has really changed our schedule over the past year. Jason has been blessed with becoming a State Farm Agent about 15 months ago, but his office is an hour away from where we live. So we've had a lot of time with Daddy out of the house - BUT when he is here, he is an incredible dad and husband. It's all a process of just learning how to make it all work. The talk of moving has been in the works for over a year but that too is stressful just thinking about it. Ok, I know I am preaching to the choir in terms of being a MOM who is tired, but just wanted to vent.. I went outside the other afternoon to find a few of my flowering plants                                                                          ...flowerless....
 
                                          and instead my flowers were scattered on the driveway...
But before I let loose into my speech of how not to pick the living flowers, let them bloom..blah blah...
                                                                 I saw more of the scene...

Who needs flowers on their plants when you can have a Princess Wedding with two 5 year old princesses?
I'll choose a princess wedding any ol' day over flowering plants. I saw the meaning behind this - "take time to scatter the flowers" -ok, or smell the flowers, but point being, I need to slow down, put the stress aside and soak in these little things that add beauty to my life each and every day.
a little (a lot) laundry, a late-to-arrive-home husband, a broken dishwasher? Who cares! I'd rather be the wedding photographer!
OOOOOOh, do I love those girls!



5 comments:

  1. OMG that is so sweet! My Claire, she is 5 also just did the same thing the other day! She didn't have her princess dress on but had her baby and her heels on! I just didn't have batteries in the camera. I'm so glad you got the picture! I really love your blog, MIA and everything!

    I'm having my 1st giveaway and would love for you to stop over!

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  2. what a great day with those girls of yours. i loved the younger ages where my girls would dress up and play with chalk in the driveway...
    or pull flower pedals and create something lovely just like your girls.

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  3. Those are adorable pictures! I think you are very observant of the symbolism of this situation! Stop to smell the flowers. Slow down. My husband travels every single day, so there are a lot of days that he doesn't get home until 7 pm. And, he actually works two jobs, so one day a week, he doesn't come home until 11 pm. So, I feel like a single mom a lot of the time, too. I feel your pain! It's exhausting.

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  4. Adorable! I'm glad Maddie can get more use out of those shoes than I did!

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  5. Yes having a hard time balancing life too. Love the photos of your children playing...magical even!
    xxx
    Carole

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