Unplanned moments are when the real magic happens

I LOVE to have things planned out and more importantly I love having things to do and places to be. I love to be busy. This tendency has spilled over into my role as a mom. I like to take my kids to the zoo, the park, the Children's museum, on playdates, to my moms house or my sisters house, to Target and the grocery store. We have lots of places to be. And I think they love going to all of those places, however I am starting to notice how important time is at home. Especially unplanned time. When we just blow where the wind takes us and do whatever we feel like. That is when I really bond with my boys and that is when the magic happens.

Tuesday, between morning preschool and an afternoon playdate, the boys and I had a good three and a half hours of unplanned time at home and it was just my favorite. Those two made me laugh!! I had so much fun playing with them and watching them and just sitting by them even if we weren't interacting. It was just such a good time. In those three hours I really felt the joy of being a mother and I'll be the first to admit that I sometimes have a difficult time spotting and feeling those moments. I just felt so grateful for my boys and their own little personalities that shine so bright and even more grateful that I get to spend EVERY DAY with them (even if it gets a little redundant and exhausting), it is such a gift to get to be with them. It's fun to get to be a part of the magic and even more fun to recognize it. Carpe Diem!

We started lunch by making faces

Peter joined in the fun too!!

The faces were so good that we started texting them to Tim at work

And Tim would text us funny pictures back and Oliver would crack up!!

So then Oliver started getting sillier

And so did Peter

And Oliver got REAL creative

And Crazy

And I helped Peter be crazy

I found Peter in the tent and "caught" him red handed putting a toy in his mouth. Doesn't he just look guilty??

Peter got ahold of this hat and insisted on wearing it so that it covered his eyes.

And then he put my shoe on and walked around like this. I was dying of laughter. Peter's going though a shoe fetish right now. It's hilarious!

Then we moved on to Oliver's room where we played on the bed.

Oliver's bed is Peter's favorite!!

He was in heaven!

The next morning at breakfast Oliver laid across the stool like this and said, "look mom, I'm a scorpion." I love his imagination!

And lastly Oliver's interpretation of Lord Business from The Lego Movie. 

Being a mom may be one of the hardest jobs, but it is by far the best!