P365 - 2016 - Day 292 - in this moment

P365 - 2016 - Day 292 - in this moment

Evenings are hectic in this household.  Heck, mornings, afternoons, weekdays, and weekends are all pretty hectic with three kids and two adults and all of our schedules.  Many days it can all become too much and I might be known to unravel a bit at the sheer volume of things to do.  But at the same time, I try to remind myself that the schedules, the hecticness (is that a word? no? well it is now), the list of things to do....all of that is what makes this crazy life, our life.  I remind myself that Time is a sneaky thief and before I know it, he will try to steal away all of these moments to add to the collection of years.  In other words, there will come a time when we are not this hectic, we are not torn in a million directions, I will not have three lunches to make (ok that might be ok), I will not have homework to help with or dinner to somehow make in between dropping off and picking up....and I know that I will miss it all.  So, I try to savor it sometimes and nights like tonight are the perfect night to do that.  With two teenagers and one preteen in the house I am sure that you can understand that a night where everyone is happy is a rare night.  Tonight was that rare night.  I managed to get to The Princess' home soccer game yesterday and The Bear's game today.  After his game, I dropped The Boy at his practice and went back to the school to pick up The Princess who was on her way back from her away game.  After taking the two 8th graders home, I cooked the chicken cutlets I have already prepared and left to pick up The Boy from practice.  When I came home, I found these two doing homework together at the counter, helping each other, talking, and laughing.  The Boy joined right in while he got himself a plate of dinner and I just smiled to myself.  I still had dishes to clean and lunches to make, not to mention socks and underwear that still needed to be folded...but in the meantime, I was just listening to these three great kids and savoring the hecticness of it all.  I was soaking in the voices all talking at the same time, the laughter, even the mess.  I was living in this moment because this is our life.  And it's pretty awesome.