stop and smell the roses

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As a mother, my days lately have been super busy. I feel like I run from one thing to another. Actually, I noticed this week that I am running from one thing to another. Yes, actually physically running. I run around my house: from the laundry to the dishwasher, to the bedrooms to the bins outside, trying to stay ahead of my schedule and to get everything done. By the end of some days I am totally exhausted.

Worn out, absolutely spent, type of exhausted.

On those days I think of how I am wearing too many hats.
Of how I need to slow down, to stop to smell the roses.
To let life just be and to live at a slower pace.
To be still and to live life a little more gently.

Lately, I feel like I am running just to keep up with my blog and my cherubs.
This is not how I intended my life to be. I am trying to cut back but finding it a battle.

I am a stay at home mum * turned blogger * turned house runner!

I might actually be alright with this if I was getting a little slimmer from all this running but I have sadly found that is so not the case with me. Haha! So I decided it was time to stop and to write down some of the little sweet smells or memories that I saw during my day.

Here are my treasures:

a child's giggle

a block castle

tiny toes with pink nail polish

a massage by small hands

a blanket lovingly placed upon me

a butterfly flying close by

a surprise kiss on the cheek
freshly cut grass
a drawing done just for me
a hug to say thank you 

'I love you' yelled my way as I drop cherubs at school

my husband home early from work
watching my cherubs jump on the trampoline
listening to a cherub read
an answer to prayer
a heater that works
feeling the sun shining on my skin
collecting fresh eggs
eating passionfruit off of my vines
an early morning cherub hug
the warmth of my bed at night

Here are some pictures of treasures I have enjoyed lately:

a cherub who would not go to sleep

who even though she drove me crazy still made me laugh

cherubs who played nicely together

who often surprise me with how kind they can be to each other

a cherub who knows what he loves and includes me in his plan

and invited me to help him build an Angry Bird block game

the chance to sneak into my room to enjoy breakfast

on my bed, not in my bed

that my cherubs remind me to 

look at life from a different angle or perspective

that my iphone is not acceptable to play on

in family meetings haha!

that I am blessed to be a mother

to such wonderful children

chocolate chip cookies that smell divine

and taste divine right from the oven.

I hope you have had the chance to stop and smell the roses a little latey.

It is wonderful what you can see when you do.