Growing Pains

Change is the only thing in life you can count on.  Here are a few of the recent changes that have occured at the Schmidt house:
Flushing the toilet has lost it's novelty.  Now raising the lid of the toilet is like unwrapping a Christmas present from Anya.  Except instead of wrapping paper and good cheer, it's toilet paper and last night's corn on the cob.

For Reegan going to the gym isn't the pleasant experience it once was.  The.   past three workouts were interupted by a call to the child care center to console a hysterical 1 year oldYou know that scene from Dumb and Dumber when Jim Carrey makes the 'most annoying sound in the world,' I'm getting a good 40 minutes of that a day. 

While her vocabulary and motor skills continue to grow and develope, her sense of reality continues to hover as though in a mild nitrious oxide high.  To walk a day in her shoes...  She just enjoys life.  Everything is so interesting to her.  I can't tell you how many times she's walked into walls because she is gazing off at a balloon, or a bubble, or a really cute pair of pumps. She is the epitome of innocence and has my heart.

It's easy to notice all the changes in your childrens lives. They are constantly growing; physically, emotionally, intellectually. But it's not so easy to notice our own growth. For all the changes that have taken place in my Roses, there has been a change that has happened to Alicia and I.  As we talked about it tonight, we remember how our mindsets have been completely reprogramed with each birth of our daughers.  The things we thought were important seem so insignificant now.  Your whole world seems different.  A rabbit isn't just rat with big legs that terrorizes gardens, it becomes a majestic creature to be sought out and chased.  Flowers I've walked by a thousand times without noticing have made for afternoons of fun with my girls.  Children have a way of boiling life down to it's simplest form.  That's what my wife and I have learned over the years, and everyday we strive to open our eyes to the wonders of the world that are right here in our lives.

Tip of the Day - Never purchase Itsy Bits ice cream if you have a type A personality.  Unlike a regular ice cream spill which lands in one place, these orbs from hell travel far and wide and leave a rainbow of colors on your white carpetingSource: http://raisingmyroses.blogspot.com/2010/08/growing-pains.html