Parents of Two for a Day

We recently got to experience being parents of two (and later four) children for a day.

It's was really great! Granted, we only left the house to put the boy down for his nap at his own house, but I think the day was a success!

 These two played really well together!

And he didn't mind playing with girl toys, so that was a plus 

(his mom did pack him boy toys too, but no kid can resist the airplane!).

 He was really sweet with our Sweet Girl!

I had her in her high chair while I was making lunch because she kept trying to roll out of her lounger (the thing she is in above) and I had put some toys on her tray. Well, she would drop them and he would pick them up for her. It was really cute!

My favorite was when she dropped her chains and I asked him if he would get her chains for her.

You could see the wheels turning in his little head,

then he walked over to his diaper bag, grabbed the wipes, and went and gave them to our Sweet Girl.

Apparently, he thought I said, "Change" not "Chains".

I laughed and thanked him, then picked up the chains.

The children doubled to four when we put him and his older siblings to bed.

Four is a little more challenging than two,

but I guess that is why they usually don't come all at once.

And even though it was a little more challenging, it was still good.

And it doesn't scare me for more!

Which, by the way, I'm always curious why people always say stuff like that,

"does she sleep well?... If not, you probably won't want more."

"Just wait until the second one comes, they are so much worse than the first"

etc.

I should get used to these types of comments because they aren't really new, we would get weird comments all the time when we were trying to get pregnant and then when we did. Comments such as, 

"Kids are so expensive, be happy you don't have any"

"It must be so nice to sleep in, once you have kids that never happens again."

etc.

I often wanted to go into a rant about how I definitely knew how expensive children were and how they had no idea how expensive children were either. But even so, that is such a sad excuse as to why someone shouldn't have children. The blessings of having children FAR out weigh the expense, or the pain that came while trying to have them. My husband and I discussed if it was all worth it shortly after our Sweet Girl was born. And we both said, without a moments hesitation that it most certainly was. And we will always feel that way! I guess what I'm getting at is that we should all be a little more aware of the things we say and who we say them to. Often times we don't mean to hurt some one's feelings, but flippant comments can really hurt sometimes. So here's to be a little more kind to those around us and being aware of the feelings of others! 

Along those lines, I was listening to another Gospel Solutions for Families episode recently and they talked about how our abilities to accomplish the things the Lord gives us increases as those things increase: school work, children, callings, talents, abilities, work responsibilities, etc. I guess I should say, our abilities increase if we continue to ask the Lord for help and guidance. So instead of "warning" people of the increase of difficulties of added responsibilities, we should focus on the blessings and focus on the help the Lord gives us with those responsibilities. I also want to mention, that those responsibilities don't necessarily have to be children for the Lord to help us, they can be anything. When the Lord gives us something a trial or a blessing, He helps us to accomplish the things we need to do to experience all that we can with whatever comes our way. For which I am truly grateful!