Oy!

No sooner than I posted my last post, I packed up the kids and we went to Target...where they wanted to blatantly remind me that I am in fact their mother...I definitely felt like a mom in that moment...a mom who wanted to take the rest of the night off from being a mom! The WHOLE shopping trip they kept saying my name...

Ayris: Mommy!
Mommy: Wha...
Asher: MOMMY!
Ayris: MOMMY...
Asher: MOMMY...MOMMY...
Ayris: Mommy!

You know when they keep going back and forth saying mommy; to where mommy can't even ask one what that one wants before the other one is saying mommy? I don't know if it's a game to them and they know it's going to super annoy me or if they genuinely need to have my attention at the exact same moment but I was this close to asking someone else if they could be their mommy.

It's at those moments that I need to be reminded of how much I love being a mother...reminded of the appreciation that I have for my kids...you know, the appreciation that only comes to the forefront after they've gone to sleep...the problem is, if anyone tried to remind me of that appreciation, they'd have to do it through about 98 screams of "mommy!" coming from the two kids in the cart...so I highly doubt I'd hear them anyway. =)

The stupidest thing of all though is how you miss the insanity. I had to get away from all the mommying so I went to finish my shopping once Chris got home, and though it's a lot easier to be without the kids, I found myself oohing and awwing over the other kids who are with their parents! It's kind of like a parents date night...you're so excited to be without the kids for the night and then all you do is talk about them and how much you miss them...being a parent is pure craziness sometimes...but in a good way. =)