Friday Night----What are you Doing?

Friday night. What are you doing?

I was suppose to go to a homeschool support group meeting tonight. We had snow during the morning. They did a great job clearing the roads but temps are dropping...and fast. Right now as I type it is 26 degrees (9 pm). Over the weekend we are expected to have a high temp of 26 and a low of 1. This makes for icy roads. We decided we did not want to take the chance and cancel the meeting.

Chris thought it would be a great night for family fun. WII was in high order. To everyone's surprise, I even played! And you know what.....I had fun doing it!!!

So instead of being on the computer right now I am going to go and play another game and try to beat my VERY competitive 17 year old. I think I am going to have a bowl of ice cream while doing it : )

Priorities

Today was one of those days. One of those days that the house was a mess, school needed to be done, organization was in order and babies needed tending to. Since Chris was home today I figured my priorities should be in the order as stated above. But I got a gentle reminder that I was focusing on the wrong thing.

The house will become a mess again.

I have many, many years of home schooling ahead of me. While important, it is not as important as......Meet my priorities:

6 weeks

16 months

4 years old

8 years old

10 years old

12 years old

17 years old.

They need a mom who is willing to put them above a clean house, a spelling test and a messy desk.

I have a HUGE range of ages....newborn to young adult. Honestly, I feel that it wasn't long ago that the 17 yr. old looked like the first picture. Where did the time go?

While holding the baby today I looked him in the eyes. He NEEDS me. I NEED him. This is what truly matters.