Time

Today it hit me how fast time really goes.  There is so much we can do in life and when we have children, life goes even faster! To think I have a 20 month old and a 3.5 year old is just crazy to me.  It almost does really seem like just yesterday I was pregnant with my first child.  I had a privilege of going to a baby shower for a friend this weekend and it was just SO exciting to see all the anticipation that the first child brings.  The start of a new life, what could be better, or more exciting?!

Life in our house has been busy with the start of me teaching more now, I have enjoyed being able to do one of the things I love most, well two of the things I love most, teaching and music.  My kids adjusted well to it, they still do miss when I am gone, but when I am teaching at my house Timmy always comes around the corner pointing to the music room saying, "Momma, Momma."  Abbie kept telling me she was dreaming about playing violin.  She has been pretty interested in what I am doing in there.

Our life at home when I'm not teaching is filled with quality time with my kids.  I do enjoy this time so much and I am very grateful that I can work just a little but still have a lot of time with my kids.  I know parenting will be full of many different seasons and my mind wants to plan and prepare for EVERYTHING, but I just have to trust God and live in the moment.  Abbie is so smart, she knows all her letters and is very curious about reading so it will be fun as she gets older because I really do enjoy teaching her.  Timmy is starting to loose his babyness and turn into a full toddler.  I'm not sure if I'm ready for that yet, but it's inevitable.

When I think about how fast life has went since Abbie was born it does scare me a little.  That's already 3.5 years.  In another 3.5 years she will be 7.  Okay, that does scare me!  It is so fun to watch them grow and all the challenges that you go through at each little stage just makes you that much wiser for having conquered what you were dealing with. At this point in my life I can really see how being a mom is really the most consuming job anyone could ever have, but it is the BEST job anyone could ever have.  Being a mom teaches me more about myself then anything else ever could have and it makes me a better me each day.

Each and every day with my kids is a true blessing!  I am excited to watch this journey unfold, but part of me really just wants to freeze time.

My girl and her silly face

quiet reading time

Dance class:)

Splash pad fun

This is Timmy doing the happy and you know it song

Best friends forever!

Princess Cinderella

Craft time, sometimes it's the little things that make her day!

Isn't he too cute?!

Timmy likes crafts too:)

Burdick happenings

I am sitting here thinking how much I miss writing in my blog.  Life has been busier than the normal busy and I am taking some time to reflect on life in general.  It has been a good couple of weeks, I did do a lot of teaching between three sub jobs and some teachings at my church.  As much as I LOVE teaching I am more and more convinced of the full blessing that it is to stay at home with my children. This gift of relationship time that I have with them now while they are young is irreplaceable.  So.... speaking of my children, thought I'd write a little bit about what is new in their world. Timmy is starting to walk but he still prefers crawling.  I think it is a speed thing because he is all about going fast.  He probably will just be running once he is actually done with crawling.  It is SO fun to watch his little personality bloom each day.  Today he got so excited when he saw a bird fly by and the hugest smile just popped on his face. We were all reading "I love you through and through" tonight and there was a part in the story that said I love you when your crying and Abbie said, "No, mom's don't like crying, mom's fix crying"  I got to talk to her about how we always love our children even if we don't like the action. Abbie has been entirely obsessed with dressing her dolls up and playing with all her dolls lately, she also and always has loved to color and she is starting to color in the general area of the lines which is pretty cool to watch.  I am so enjoying being a mom right now.  I think about how fast this journey is going to go and I can't even fathom them growing up and even starting elementary school, but one step and one season at a time I am learning even if I don't have all the answers, God's grace is sufficient!

our first duncan donuts trip

some outside time in our amazingly hot weather

I think she likes her pink donut with sprinkles

This picture just makes me laugh!!

Ah...Daddy time, we SO love every moment of this!

Her fish bowl craft from the storytime at the library