The Mirthful Morgans: Messes Are Okay Now...As Long As They Come With Smiles!

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Messes Are Okay Now...As Long As They Come With Smiles!

Mmm....watermelon!

Sarah enjoys it too!

Don't ya know you're not supposed to eat the green part Jack? The girls tried to convince him it was a yucky part, but apparently he didn't share their opinion!

Smiles and Laughing...ALL worth it!

Nice dribble coming off his chin...

...with his blanket he used to wipe off the drool and juicy mess...

Viewing the glory!

Get in my BELLY!

All DONE!

Once upon a time ago I was a different kind of mother....almost 9 years ago now i would have anxieties that thankfully now to not exist even in the slightest. Some of that is due to time and being older, some of it from having 4 kids now instead of one, and i have to admit some of it from living on a farm with 14 other people. Whatever the reasons, i have gone from stress to joy at messes. There's a small catch though i will again admit and that is there has to be plenty of smiling and laughing!

That was my experience last night. Now that John has a job we are often subject to late bedtimes as if i need the car we have to then pick him up, and that's at 8pm. A small price to pay for the blessings of a job! In any rate last night we were putting together quick dinners for the kids and i had bought a WATERMELON! The kids wanted it and i couldn't resist. NONE of my kids liked watermelons two years ago...perhaps it's the south, perhaps age, but it sure didn't stop Jack-a-lope! He devoured it! He even started to eat the green part, until i gave him the rest of Sarah's that she didn't want. Soon enough he was a big slobbery, watery, juicy mess! He asked to take his shirt off after the first dribble and then each time watermelon juice trickled down his big belly he proceeded to get his blankie and wipe himself off.

Like i said in the past i would have had plenty of wipes or a washcloth, a bib for sure, and most likely would have even cut it up into small manageable pieces and put it into a bowl with a fork for him. AND i definitely would NOT have let him wipe himself off with his blankie, the one that i then let him go to bed with that night instead do washing...in fact it's still not washed! Ha ha!

I like being a different mom. I like being a mom that can let things go, a mom that knows what doesn't really matter. Perhaps a more experienced mom. A mom that allows her kids to get messy...at least when i know there's plenty of smiles involved! As you can see, he had a very good time, lots of smiles and laughing, giggling even, and i had an even greater time seeing him enjoy himself so much!

1 comment:

Tamsyn said...: I love how big Jack's belly looks in that one picture!! Jovie's belly is so much bigger after she eats..it is so funny!; June 9, 2010 at 3:19 PM

All about John & Nicola

Well, John is the extremely handsome red-head, of course, and I'm the little one in front of him! John is a marriage and family therapist and I am a domestic engineer as well as a dental hygienist. We met in June of 2000, were engaged by the very end of September 2000, and were married December 16th 2000. We have four lovely children as you can see below and love life and all that it has brought and taught us! We love to talk, have friends over, cook and eat food, camp, and pretty much do anything as a family.

All About Edy

She is fun-loving and pretty much always wants her way (who doesn't) and 90% of the time it works out well as she's a good girl with righteous desires and is extremely responsible and mature for her age. However that 10% of the time where we actually don't agree on something, she can be a little devil! She is a huge help with Jack as these two are best buds! Jack likewise adores her and she is the only one out of his other siblings that he'll let parent him. Eden is also in the fifth grade and loves to read. She has a passion for horses and all animals really and also loves to cook and bake.

Top 7 Favorite of "The Complete Life's Little Instruction Book"

{Why 7 and not 10...because I haven't found three more I really like the best yet. AND these are in no particular order either.}

1. Remember that life's most treasured moments often come unannounced.
2. Hold puppies, kittens, and babies any time you get the chance.
3. To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.
4. Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.
5. Watch for the big problems. They disguise big opportunities.
6. Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
7. Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.

The Duty of Mothers...

The duty of the mother is to watch over her children, and give them their early education, for impressions received in infancy are lasting. You know, yourselves, by experience, that the impressions you have received in the dawn of your mortal existence, bear, to this day, with the greatest weight upon your mind. It is the experience of people generally, that what they imbibe from their mothers in infancy, is the most lasting upon the mind through life... Children have all confidence in their mothers; and if mothers would take proper pains, they can instill into the hearts of their children what they please. You will, no doubt, recollect reading, in the Book of Mormon, of two thousand young men, who were brought up to believe that, if they put their whole trust in God, and served Him, no power would overcome them. You also recollect reading of them going out to fight, and so bold were they, and so mighty their faith, that it was impossible for their enemies to slay them. This power and faith they obtained through the teachings of their mothers.

-Brigham Young