River Valley Walk

I don't want to jinx it but I think that spring might actually be arriving early this year!  Even typing that now I am second guessing myself, wondering if I should leave it there on the screen or if I should delete it for fear it just might chase our warm temperatures away.  My kids came straight home from church today and put on their shorts and puddle boots, grabbed their chalk and took to the sidewalks to add some rainbows to the dreary greys and browns outside.

Yesterday we decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather and took the kids for a walk in the river valley.  As we've done in the past, we didn't research the route quite as well as we should have and our hour long adventure turned into a two hour trial.  The kids were troopers though and by the time we got back to the vehicle we had convinced them that it would be fun to do again...just not anytime too soon.

A little bright

Walking sticks

This is about half way through our little adventure.  Emma's face is a pretty good indication of how she was feeling.

So here's hoping Spring is here!!

Exhaustion

Violet has been sick since Wednesday.  The poor little thing has cut two teeth, caught a cold and cough and had a stomach bug all at the same time.  On top of that I got the same stomach bug on Friday and Walker woke up in the middle of that night throwing up.  Tonight I am exhausted.  Not body exhausted but that mind numbing weariness that comes with holding buckets and rocking babies into the early hours of the morning and standing by bed sides and over cribs anxiously awaiting the moment when little eyes close and whimpers settle into quiet and restful sleep.  My neck and shoulders ache from sleeping in rocking chairs and with Violet snuggled close to me in bed and packing her while I cook and clean and tend to the other kids.  But while I'm exhausted it is a good exhaustion,  The kind that comes with being a Mom and spending days and nights with little ones who are the center of everything in my life.  I wouldn't give this kind of exhaustion up for anything in the world.