Marie Grace Designs: That's why...

So maybe sometimes its hard not to take everything so seriously.

I mean with bills to pay and appointments to keep and all that grown up stuff to take care of sometimes I forget that the whole reason I have those bills to pay and appointments to keep and all this grown up stuff to do is because I have these kids.

These great kids that run my life and make me get up in the morning a little earlier than maybe I'd like.

These kids that eat a lot and make a lot of noise and a mess here and there.

These kids that need math and socks and band-aids.

These kids that fill my day and keep me up at night.

These kids that make me old and keep me young.

Today is Friday.

The end of a hectic week and the beginning of another busy weekend. I'll admit that I was stressed before I even got out of bed this morning because I knew a had a list a mile long of things I needed to get done today.

Worst of all was this stupid lingering thing... a new picture of me I needed for a specific something. I hate having my picture taken. I hate it. But I really felt that I should just do it for this thing I have coming up so I got Son The Elder to help me take a few shots of me trying to look grown up and professional and serious and needless to say it was awful.

And right about the time I figured it wasn't worth the stress I was feeling and that I'd be better off to just skip the picture part these kids got all up in the business and then it got all our of hand.

And it was fabulous.

They took turns taking pictures with a little guidance from me as to which button to push and what was that little red light in the view finder and why did it just beep.

They took pictures and we laughed and we got a little silly and if only some of the blurry ones had come out they would have been prize winners.

And by the time we were done I even had a few to choose from for that thing I need a picture for.

So tomorrow sometime between Junior Bowling League and the grocery store I'm gonna order some prints of the pics the kids took and I'm gonna frame them and I'm gonna hang them where I can see them every time I walk to the kitchen.

Just so I won't forget again why I have those bills to pay and all those appointments to keep and all that other grown up stuff to do.