Overflowing

Do you ever just feel like you are in a thoughtful, loving, giddy mood? Just lost in the beautiful innocence of the moment.

In life.

In yourself.

Just... happy... with no real direction of thought at all.

That seems to be me at the moment. I'm not sure what it is. Today seemed loud and frustrating most of the day. Seems to be the stage of my teething rambunctious 18 month old right now, but everyone... yes the entire house... woke up from a nap this afternoon and when the crankiness of waking up wore off it seems there was a lightness in the air.

My husband is working late and the kids are I were still in sleepy mode. No real dinner was planned and all they were interested in for dinner was a bowl of vanilla yogurt with granola and honey. Ha one of their favorite treats. So a simple dinner was to be. After we were done eating, and sitting around our towel on the floor, my daughter asked if we could watch a movie on Netflix... More specifically The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry. We love this movie and even my 3 year old never gets tired of it. {So if you have never seen it you must! You won't regret it.} So we all got into pj's, grabbed blankets, their special animals, and pillows and all sat around the computer for a movie and snuggle time. Even my wild 18 month old sat for most of the movie and watched and was respectful. If you knew him... like really knew him while he was at home... you'd know this is huge.

Something peaceful and magical takes place in moments like these with my kids. Calming.... soothing... peaceful. All the harshness from the day.... The raising of voices from the day for silence from the screaming child.... The frustration of picking up the same toy for the fifteenth billion time.

It's all gone.

Only the pure love and admiration I truly hold from my children and our lives together remains. I love moments like these and I wish so dearly that life and the busyness of it all would stop interfering with these moments and feelings. The memories made in just a simple night of cuddling to watch a movie is priceless to me. A moment that is always locked away with such brilliance of light that all is shone out of the way. I love it. I love my children.

Who they are.

Who they are going to be.

They absolutely are the best things that have ever happened to me.

I am truly thankful.

Tonight was perfect. Angelic and fleeting with memories that I don't want to let go of. Even now as I sit here and hear my daughter reading from her bed in her room and knowing my boys are tucked snuggly in bed with droopy eyes... My heart is singing. It is thankful and my cup tonight is most certainly...

Overflowing.