Five or Less

Yesterday Shelly told me that her limit is five. "When I have kids some day, I think I want five. Or less. Maybe one." We talked about why our family has three. Today, when I was changing a particularly bad diaper, Shelly said, "If its going to be really gross then only one. Or maybe two. But if its really gross then only one." She was thinking about how many diapers she'd have to change if she had five!

I so badly wanted to explain to her that the diapers ARE gross, but the other parts are SO GOOD that they far outweigh the diaper problem. Holding that little person in your arms, teaching him about the world, watching his eyes light up as he learns something new every day, conversations and games together, relationships that continue to grow as we spend days and weeks and years together.

We have so many sweet talks together, I love spending that time with her and finding out what's going on in her heart and her imagination. I'm really missing this with Archer. He's at school all day, I have no time with him. When he gets home in the afternoon he doesn't want to sit around talking to me, he wants to play, unwind from school and share his stories with his sister. He has homework. We have to make supper, take a shower, get ready for bed, that's it. Day is gone and I've hardly had a chance to connect with him.

Tonight while Shelly is at Awana I'm going to tell Archer he can choose what we do. Usually we do grocery shopping. Or laundry. Yuck. Tonight, Archer's choice. I can't wait to see what he decides!

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