8 Things about S and Z

I'm always complaining. My friends and family can attest to that. When bad things happen, it's so easy to get pick up the phone and vent. But who needs to vent when good things happen? That's called boasting. Today I will boast.

10 8 Things I love about S and Z 

1. Z has a unique way of looking at life. Which make the things that come out of his mouth all the more hilarious. He sees a lot of what we miss. He's my second pair of eyes. 

2. S pushes the pimples on my face and says "beep beep". She really thinks they're buttons. 

3. Z surprises me every day. His incredible memory puts mine to shame. He can remember what you wore last year on July 14th, 2014 and what you said and did. He can remember which cars I parked beside last week at the grocery store. He can also tell you if they had winter tires or not. 

4. Whenever S is eating and there's a person within two feet of her, she has to feed them. Sharing her food is imperative and she will not let you go without a piece of it in your mouth and you're actively chewing. 

5.  Like many other four year olds, Z has quite the imagination. It's always fun to see what he will imagine, especially if he makes me a part of his plan. Yesterday he insisted I was a Don Cherry bobble head and he was an inflated Gorilla on the roof. 

6. Since S was a baby and was able to sit up, she has picked up tiny things off her surrounding area and has eaten more than I'd like to admit. (There may or may not have been wrappers in her diaper once). Because of this habit she's encouraged me to vacuum and sweep way more often than I normally would. *positive twist on her annoying habit*

7. Z is my energizer bunny. Because of his never-ending source of energy, he encourages me to get out more to burn some of his fuel. Otherwise I'd totally hermit for the rest of my life.

8. This is harder than I thought. Especially when my coffee reserves are running so low and I'm tired. S and Z find joy in the little things. Seeing S's face light up when she hears a dog bark and she looks at me gleefully and says 'daw?', or when Z runs to the window to see the fire engines drive by when he hears sirens. It's those little things that they find joy in that puts life into perspective again. 

When I say "guess where we're going?", both their ears perk up and they stop everything they're doing. "We're going to the throw out the garbage". S waddles over with a massive smile on her face and says "Eww" (Her word for garbage is ew, how fitting) and waits at the door. Z's already waiting with his boots on at the door and a garbage bag in his hand (I'm not making this up, this stuff happens). You'd think I said we're going to Disneyworld. I'm telling you, it's the little things.

On a more serious note, whatever life trajectory you're on, whether it's a job, a baby, or even a relationship, it's important to look at both sides of the fence in order to find your balance. All too often we're looking on one side. Worrying and stressing over the negative. This focus overshadows the positive and we forget it's even there. So for my S and Z, I will try to look at your positive side more often. Love, Mom.