Is this what a "fun mom" does?

Well, saturday afternoon, I was feeling a bit low. Not really "down", so much as overwhelmed and stressed. I have made the kids spend most of their Spring Break cleaning out the house, while my heart was missing the canceled trip to Vegas. I know most of you know this feeling, when you are overwhelmed with significant life issues, the "little" things appear absolutely meaningless and a waste of precious time. I have done very little for Easter, or any recent holiday. My kids did not get new clothes, cute toys, books, or lots of candy. It's OK, don't feel sorry for them, those things are not that important. But I sat there and realized I needed to do SOMETHING for Easter since that morning egg hunt with the primary was a little on the bummer side.
I had bought a little candy to put in a bag for them, but asked them if they would like to do an egg hunt in our yard instead of get candy sunday morning. They JUMPED at that idea. So I called Alyse and my next door neighbor, (Cheyenne's grandparents), and they pitched in with some candy and eggs, and I threw an egg hunt together in record time. I made some hard boiled eggs, and those combined with Cheyenne's eggs, made a pretty good collection for the kids to decorate, OUTSIDE, while I stuffed candy into plastic eggs as quickly as I could.
It was over so fast, but the kids had a lot of fun.
Eddie enjoyed his two little suckers. :)
I actually felt like a "fun mom". Lately I have felt like a big boss at a cleaning factory. I need to remember that although "adult" responsibilities may seem looming and overwhelming to figure out sometimes, to the kids, they just see tired and stressed parents. We don't want them to worry, they still need the "little things" that are fun and light-hearted so they can just be kids.



A great example of just being kids.......
Later that evening, they would NOT stop fighting. Bill sent them to the backyard with no further commands, just to get OUT of the house. About 10 min later I noticed it was so quiet. I went outside to this picture. They were looking at the sky, WITHOUT fighting. I wish I had a manual for these kids!