Friday, August 16, 2013

Summer time kid and garden photos

 Husking corn.  Yep, the long awaited for corn is getting ready!!!  Our most loved summer vegtable!
 Cucumbers that we picked at my parents market garden.
 Benjamin and flowers!
 Sarah in my flower garden.
 Sarah holding green beans, and purple beans.
 My little ones by my flower tire.
 Close up on the cucumbers.
 My pretty bowl of beans, green, purple, and yellow!!
 Anna and her pretty pink Vitenam clothes
My Anna and the flowers!

I love summer time, and what a perfect time to get some great photos!!   Hope you enjoy!

Did you hug your children today?

I haven't gave mine a hug yet today, because they are all still sound asleep in their beds.
 But I will be ready for them when they get up!!  :)


Maybe I'm the only mommy . But I have found that when I get super busy doing the daily tasks of the day, and especially summer time garden stuff, the simple thing of going over to a child and giving them a hug seems a hard thing to do.
 I know it sounds so lame. But day after day, this was happening. Sure I gave my little ones their hugs and cuddles cause they come to me and want held, and demand my attention.  But my older ones who do not need mommy like that, do their own thing, and I keep them busy doing things and helping me.
  Sure we chat as we work.  And we have nice companion time that way.
But an actually hug. It wasn't happening.
So I finally decided that I would hug each of them soon as they came down stairs form their bed. Or if they are up  before me I will go to them  and give them a nice good hug, and then go and get busy on breakfast.
  But even since I have started that, I have missed a couple kids on certain days.   Especially say if one of them are sitting on the couch in the living room, when I get up. If I take the route to the kitchen through the living room, then I am fine, I stop and give that son a hug and continue to the kitchen to get breakfast.
    But if I take the route through the utility room to get to the kitchen  ( promising my self I will go directly to living room after and give that hug), then I spot the pile of laundry that needs to be started, so I start it.  Then I arrive in the kitchen and see stuff lying out on the cupboard top where hubby has prepared his breakfast .I clean that mess up. And then my mind goes on to breakfast, and I start that, and soon forget that sweet son of mine that hasn't got his morning hug yet.

   I am wanting to keep this up because it gives them their special little bit of attention from mom, and makes them feel loved and cared for.  And should help to keep us close I hope.
 I also am hopping that if I do this everyday  they will be so use to ( and hopefully even enjoy that hug from mom) that they won't mind hugs as they get in their teens and so on.
     And even hoping that when they are grown, and left the coop,  when they return for visits they will still let mom hug them!   ( A far off dream I know ! )

  So take that moment this morning and every morning, and give each of your sweet blessings a hug, before you get super busy for the day.  And when ever you  have opportunity through out the day, give more hugs, or a pat on the back too will do wonders!! 
  In HIM,
Mae