Growing Up

This morning when Bailey woke up I was convinced he was taller. He should have been because my husband and I spent a lot of time with him during the night rubbing his knees and legs because he had growing pains. Brandon goes through stages where he too has severe growing pains. It must be so very hard for the boys not understanding what's going on.

This morning my lovely husband went off to work. Crazy, considering that it's a Sunday, but essential while painting 2 display homes. Luckily for the 2 boys and I he came home at lunchtime. While he was at work, the 2 boys and I stayed home and occupied ourselves. I had planned to go down to the local markets but it just didn't eventuate. I was determined to do some sort of cleaning to our house and for some unknown reason I decided to clean the whole pantry. I don't know why but the urge just overcame me. I had visions of the end result and just went for it. It looks fantastic. Bailey helped me. He was just wonderful. I can still remember when both boys were so little that I wondered if I would ever be able to clean our house again. It made me realise how much the kids are growing up. They are becoming a little more independent. Once my cleaning frenzy of the pantry had been satisfied I moved onto the fridge. Now it too glistens. A part of me was horrified that I hadn't addressed this cleanliness issue earlier, but the other part was estactic that it was all clean and nothing major had happened while I'd done so. Even now when my  husband opens the fridge door he admires it.

The 2 boys and I did lots and lots of jobs around the house and then finally daddy arrived home. We all played outside for a few hours before then packing up the 2 boys and ourselves and went food shopping. I haven't shopped on a Sunday afternoon for eons and I probably will not do it again. It was so busy. Once home the 2 boys and I did some more chores. We made their beds and they put out their rubbish. We emptied all the recycling and bought in the clean washing. Both Brandon and Bailey were fantastic and as a result I paid them. Shamefully, I only had $2.40 so I divided it in half. I paid them in 20 cent pieces so it looked like they were getting a lot of money.

Both boys were crazy just before bed but once we started reading to them they always calm down. It's amazing to think how little both boys used to be, especially Brandon. He was a tiny tiny baby but now he's a tall, skinny, active, talkative non stop 4 year old. My boys are growing up so much.