Delight

Motherhood is full of stress.  My kids whine a lot.  (Don't yours?) They squabble.  And they hate going to bed.  But my life is also full of lots of happy moments.  There's not much for me that trumps watching my kids eyes light up and seeing the grin spread across their face when they are feeling happy, proud, or being silly.   Here's a few I got lucky enough to catch on camera:

Not Pinkalicious

Wanna know why Rex is crying?

Because we rode in a pink teacup when he wanted blue.  Even the magic of a spinning teacup can't trump this kid's stubborn spunk.  But hey, I feel for him.  It would be tough to be the pioneer boy following after two skirt wearing, pink loving, princess fanatic sisters.  You'll make it Rex.