Life on toddler time!

Our life in one word is...well...slow. Stressful, anxiety ridden but slow. Everywhere we go and everything we do takes exactly 5 times as long as it did before we had children. Our boys are rambunctious, excited, crazy and a lot of the time out of control however they are slow. If ever there is a time that we all have to be out of the door at a certain time, well I give ourselves at least an extra hour to get out the door and most of the time going out the door consists of going in and out 3 or 4 times grabbing water, extra underwear, snacks or books. By the time they are buckled and in the car it is only a matter of a few seconds, to be "gently"reminded that we forgot spider man or batman. In which case I am again running into the house. Thankfully, we have a long driveway and our car is right next to the door. If we lived in apartment I might end up in the crazy ward. My boys like to stop, listen, look, touch, smell and yes sometimes taste everything that they come in to contact with. They are thoroughly fascinated by our world and everything in it. My perspective of this planet has become increasingly widened. I am now stopping to look at a single ant walk across a sidewalk or watch a plane fly across the sky. We have watched rain, wind, snow, clouds and even nothing. My boys are experts at finding the perfect stick, the perfect rock, the perfect leaf and a lot of the time they end up in my hand as a special gift to me. I treasure them with my whole heart. My boys are my life, through and through. I am graciously woken up by tiny little voices every morning. I am asked questions through out my day that make my head spin. Such as Jonah asking not what is in the sky but what is BEYOND the sky. He seriously asked what is past the moon and stars. Well, at least he is a thinker. Most of the time my head is whirling with trying to come up with creative answers to the even more creative questions. The mind of a child is a wonder to behold. Jonah has recently whined because, he wanted blue eyes, not brown. He wanted to only have one hand and he wanted to fly like a bird. And these are serious issues for him. Isaac is one of a kind. I watch him in anticipation every day with what he will do next. He is a cuddle bug and warrior. A lover AND a fighter. He is talking almost as much as Jonah so now we have double the entertainment and double the laughter. We are in awe every single day at our boys. Our little people. Or little shadows. Our little "us". Life is fundamentally and unbelievably better with these little men in our lives. Our life is a circus, our house is a pig sty, our daily routine is like a tornado but it is our life. It is what we do and it is who we are! I would not take back one organized, quiet or restful moment from our previous life for even a second. Recently, we celebrated our Ten year anniversary and as we looked back at our life together the one word that we came to at the end of the day was "full" our life is "full"! Full of wonder, awe, inspiration, love and most of all JONAH AND ISAAC!