The Dawning Of Considerate Children
Today, I slept, on and off, until 10am. They let me sleep; the wee darlings.
They let me go out to a cafe for a late breakfast with a friend; they let me go for dinner tonight with friends.
Lovely day.
Eight or so years in the making.
Wee Scoops 
I am rejoicing, fondly, with you.
I remember realizing when he was seven or so that my older son had become civilized—for example, I no longer had to restrain him from burrowing in the clothes racks to play hide and seek when we were shopping. Life became a lot easier, but in some ways less fun. 🙂
Since I appear to be well ahead of you on the motherhood curve (older son is now thirty-two), I’ll give you something to look forward to: twenty-three was the magic number, the age at which he came to me and said, “Mom, you were so right about everything.”
Hang in there.
Will do. Thanks 🙂
Hooray for you and the little ones, it must have been such a lovely day for yourself. I am very happy for you. Mothers need to be taken care of as well. A happy mom is a happy family.
True 🙂
I am so happy for you! It is so wonderful to enjoy a little harvest for all the years of diligent weeding we do!
I agree with Barbara, above, that a time does come when they realize why you are the mom–because you are right. 🙂
Enjoy this present stage. Smooth sailing until the teen glitch, which can be small, indeed, if we stay on top of things. Then home free! 😀
I’m looking forward to the teen glitch. I “do” teenagers. It’s little children I struggle with. As for the home free part – I know plenty of people who would say that that stage is a myth 😉
Love this post and the encouraging comments too!
🙂