Morning!

Today, my morning consisted of getting up at 6:30am and grabbing Maggie, who had been calling for me, from her crib. I brought her back in my bed where we cuddled, she nursed, and we watched a little Sesame Street. It really is the simple things in life that are the absolute best...

Then it was breakfast for everyone...waffles, fruit, and juice. Now Mason is playing Mario while Charlotte watches, Isaac is still sleeping, Maggie pooped in the toilet (well, 1/2 in her diaper and 1/2 in the toilet...she tried!!), and now Maggie is jumping around the living room (yes, she learned how to JUMP just this morning!).

What to do today? Lately we've kept busy by going to the pool a lot, spending time with friends, we picked raspberries last week, and a lot of time at home just hanging out. Today WAS going to include the fair, but it's raining out :/

I used to get much peace from looking at the 'big picture' when something was going wrong....does *this* really matter in the big scheme of things? I've realized what I was really looking for was not the big picture, but rather to keep things in focus using and 'eternal perspective.'

My soul is the one piece of me that will live eternally....so I am trying hard to spend my time doing things that can enrich and thicken my soul. Why wait until death to start my eternity? My eternity started when I was created...when God gifted my soul to this earth for a short time. THAT is what I want to pass on to my kids too....we have one purpose in life...we have no one to please but our God. I want to teach them to live their lives for an audience of One.

Yeah yeah...deep subject for a blog post. But this blog is for the kids someday, and I want them to see this all...that our parenting was based on a purpose...a goal...and we had their soul...their eternity in mind.

Now...off to get the baby out of the bathroom...she's probably playing in the toilet again :)