What have you done for me lately??? { kid edition }

I thought that would get your attention…what I’m actually going to blog about is what have you done for your kids lately?!?  I’m telling all you young moms out there ~ You will literally BLINK and they will go from this:

to this:

It’s absolutely INSANE and I can’t even begin to tell you just how FAST it goes!  My mom was as you all have heard me say:  The most amazing woman ever!  She made me feel like a million bucks!  She would stay up late to sew me a new dress or shirt to wear on picture day.  When I woke up it would be hanging on my dresser and it was usually the first thing I saw.  After a winter formal I came home and was not happy because 5 girls had the same dress as me from Windsor I think…there’s an old school name for you guys…so she wouldn’t have that…FROM that moment on she designed and made all my formals from then on out and no one ever had my same dress.  It was awesome!!!  She would do things like this for me:

Of course this is Mandy ~ but my mom did stuff like this for me as a kid. 

Unfortunately I don’t have the awesome sewing skills my mom had …but this iron on shirt LOL made him feel like a million bucks on the day of student council elections and he WON for president.

It’s easy to get bogged down with STUFF …it’s really NOT important…I promise!!!  It will still be there TOMORROW staring you in the face.  But these little guys won’t be unfortunately.

I just want to encourage you to not only spend time with them but really build memories with them that will last a lifetime.  My mom’s legacy will live for generations to come because she instilled this in me and I in my kids. 

If you don’t do it already pick a night to be game night or no technology night.  Just when I think my teenage daughter doesn’t feel like hanging out ~  I suggest playing a board game and she’s all over it.

Our time with our kids is so limited…don’t miss out!  I LOVED being home most of the time when they were little.  It was the best thing ever…I loved job sharing.  I know that time will never come back and I have no regrets!

Tonight I made this for my daughter who’s going on her 8th grade trip soon…{ a fun little countdown chalkboard }

She’s so excited and this is just a little thing but she will always remember it.  Don’t second guess the little things ~ they stay with them.  Yes we are getting old and may or may not want to go to a one direction concert but buy the tickets and surprise your kids! 

{ I admit that I like their songs…there I said it out loud }lol  Well I hope this is a good reminder that sometimes we need to STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER — I don’t do it enough either!! 

If you are lucky enough to be a mom or looking forward to starting a family think about all these things.  It’s such a passion of mine and truly a gift from above and I know they are just on loan from our Lord.