My mission this year is to become a better mom. One of the ways I am doing this is by reading up on the subject of motherhood....How to take care of myself...How to take care of the kids....How to relate to them better....well, you get the idea.
Right now I am reading The 5 love languages of children by Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell.
This is a really good book. The 5 ways that children view and receive love are -physical touch - gifts- words of affirmation - acts of service - and quality time. Our girls are still young and the authors say that one isn't able to figure out the your child's primary love language until they are around 5 or 6. One of the best ways to find out is to simply ask them.
With this all being said I've been keeping these 5 things in mind this summer. Today we went to the local pool. The girls loved it. The undivided attention from mom was just the thing they were looking for. I wasn't concerned about how I looked in my "old lady" swimsuit. I was just enjoying the joy in my children's eyes as we swam around in the water.
All in all, the girls don't care if the house is clean and sparkling, they just want their mom. I do want them growing up responsible though. So before heading off to the pool we all worked together to clean each of their rooms so I could vacuum them before lunchtime.
I would love to show you pictures of the girls playing in the pool. But there are no pictures to show as I was in the water with them. Tomorrow we are heading to the beach and instead of sitting in the shade reading a book I'm going to be in the sand building a castle with them. I'm really excited.
